sensitive

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sensitively
adverb
us/ˈsen·sə·t̬ɪv·li/
in a way that shows awareness and understanding of other people's feelings and needs:
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Examples of sensitively

sensitively
It is vital to treat ambiguities and contradictions sensitively, to understand how and why they came about.
The direction it eventually falls depends very sensitively on its centre of gravity; any small departure triggers a fall in a particular direction.
The variation of the conductance as a function of the ion concentration depends sensitively on the equilibrium factors that governs the occupancy of the pore.
The dependence of language on context, whether of setting or of interlocutors, is well illustrated in this sensitively written book.
This would enable the relationship between the king and his subjects to be reconstructed more sensitively.
In examining these findings, it is important to consider several factors that may influence caregivers' abilities to respond sensitively to their infants.
Given these and other momentous changes, one would expect to find "culture" very carefully and sensitively defined in the literature on cultural competence.
An infant who is not parented sensitively may have difficulty learning to regulate emotion.
This was done sensitively, taking into consideration each participant's physical condition.
If such a discussion is not broached sensitively, a patient may feel abandoned in discussing the extent of their desire for medical care.
All these studies indicate that geometrid moths respond sensitively to changes in habitat quality.
He discusses, sanely and sensitively, the problems facing indigenous forest peoples.
But while staging the oratorios, however intelligently and sensitively, may point up their emotional power, it tends to mask their subtleties and layers of significance.
Our results that creeping cercariae sensitively and specifically orientate along increasing arginine gradients suggested a role of arginine as an intraspecific pheromone.
On the other hand, the logistics of obtaining consent sensitively may pose a significant barrier to conducting a proposed investigation.
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