responsive
responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
Physiology. acting in response, as to some stimulus.
characterized by the use of responses: responsive worship.
Origin of responsive
1Other words for responsive
Other words from responsive
- re·spon·sive·ly, adverb
- hy·per·re·spon·sive, adjective
- hy·per·re·spon·sive·ly, adverb
- hy·per·re·spon·sive·ness, noun
- non·re·spon·sive, adjective
- non·re·spon·sive·ly, adverb
- qua·si-re·spon·sive, adjective
- qua·si-re·spon·sive·ly, adverb
- un·re·spon·sive, adjective
- un·re·spon·sive·ly, adverb
- un·re·spon·sive·ness, noun
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How to use responsive in a sentence
If you’re a retailer, consider how shopping campaigns, ad extensions and responsive search ads can help you to get your products in front of parents trying to build the proper school environment at home.
Back to school looks very different this year | Christi Olson | August 26, 2020 | Search Engine LandThe ability of teachers and students alike to adapt to changing learning formats, however, is crucial in keeping the American education system responsive in these times of emergency.
More recently, Granowitz said Vacchi was responsive and willing to meet to discuss her concerns about the city’s request for proposals to redevelop an area of Balboa Park known as Inspiration Point, a step that park activists decried.
City Official Managing Coronavirus Response Abruptly Left Last Month | Lisa Halverstadt | August 5, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoI’ve found that in some cultures people are more responsive to talk to a salesperson sooner, while in others they may be more likely to want to simply read content first.
The researchers discovered that the nanowires’ photodetectors were actually considerably more responsive.
A New Bionic Eye Could Give Robots and the Blind 20/20 Vision | Edd Gent | May 22, 2020 | Singularity Hub
It lets conservatives seem responsive without giving more power to the Justice Department.
Nancy, according to her mother, was at least somewhat responsive to the environment, often happy and engaged.
U.K. Courts Grant Mother Right to End Her 12-Year-Old Disabled Daughter’s Life | Elizabeth Picciuto | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlthough he was scared at first, he became confident as he felt the crowd being responsive to his reading.
Defying Stereotypes, Young Muslim Writers Find Community Onstage | Julianne Chiaet | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTroops and their families count on high-quality education and responsive universal health care.
And, with the work of the auto task force, GM was supposed to be made leaner, and more responsive.
The voice of the orator peculiarly should be free from studied effects, and responsive to motive.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickNo drooping Clytie could be more constant than I to him who strikes the chord that is responsive in my soul.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaThe order was promptly obeyed, and the helm shoved hard a-port, but there was no responsive sheer.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneIt struck sharp on her senses; she almost consciously thanked heaven for such a responsive set of nerves.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette DuncanGradually as the speaker developed his subject the faces changed, and they were soon responsive to his every demand upon them.
The Underworld | James C. Welsh
British Dictionary definitions for responsive
/ (rɪˈspɒnsɪv) /
reacting or replying quickly or favourably, as to a suggestion, initiative, etc
(of an organism) reacting to a stimulus
Derived forms of responsive
- responsively, adverb
- responsiveness, noun
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