unresponsively
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a word derived from
responsive.
responsiveadjectiveresponding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc..
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
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Her lip quivered, and the hand lying unresponsively in his was icy cold.
From The Bigamist by F.E. Mills Young
He mentioned names one after another, but to Pauline they were the names of stone idols that stared unresponsively at her lover's poems.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by Compton MacKenzie