Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a sensitive manner.
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- adverb In a
sensitive manner.
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- adverb in a sensitive manner
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Examples
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Through his research, he confirms that children who undertake the Jolly Phonics program at an early age, are more likely to be aware of sound sensitively, which is of significant assistant to their literacy skills.
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In a statement, the Health department said no formal complaint had been made against Mr Lewis, and the matter had been handled "sensitively".
Archive 2008-09-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Tiffany-Amber and Victoria played "sensitively," she said, and I thought that was a nice compliment.
Piano Lessons Belinda 2008
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Tiffany-Amber and Victoria played "sensitively," she said, and I thought that was a nice compliment.
Archive 2008-04-01 Belinda 2008
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On the effect of flood damage on the agricultural sector, Manuel said the government needed to obtain a realistic estimate of damage and would deal with the issue "sensitively".
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John Yates, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations, warned that al Qaida regularly changed tactics to keep a step ahead and called for security staff to use their experience to apply stop-and-search powers "sensitively".
icCoventry 2010
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So, some residents are asking, how come they can't be notified of such pruning in advance-and then be given the option of hiring their own trimmers to do the work more "sensitively"?
Dallas Blog, Daily News, Dallas Politics, Opinion, and Commentary FrontBurner Blog D Magazine 2009
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Chief Inspector Stephen Brookman: "All control room staff are trained to deal with each call sensitively and assess if the person needs support.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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Chief Inspector Stephen Brookman: "All control room staff are trained to deal with each call sensitively and assess if the person needs support.
Latest news, breaking news, current news, UK news, world news, celebrity news, politics news 2010
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This is the kind of sensitively historicist approach we need to understand the period’s complex and fluid co-evolution of British and American literary cultures and national identities.
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