responsive
adjective
responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc..
unresponsively
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a word derived from
responsive.
Example Sentences
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“The timing is just the timing,” Blanche said, unresponsively.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2024
Mr. McConnell, who earlier this year suffered a concussion and broken ribs after a fall, stared unresponsively for 23 seconds before other Republican senators stepped in to ask if he was alright.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Sometimes he answered questions with the weary patience of a father harassed by a child; sometimes he wandered unresponsively, while senatorial patience frayed.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I've been walking," she said, briefly and unresponsively.
From Harriet and the Piper by Kathleen Thompson Norris
She had a genius, veritably uncanny for, with all sweetness and hesitancy, revealing him as stiff and unresponsively complacent.
From Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
