sensitiveness
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sɪ noun
the state or quality of being sensitive.
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sensitive (ˈsɛnsɪtɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having the power of sensation |
| 2. | responsive to or aware of feelings, moods, reactions, etc |
| 3. | easily irritated; delicate: sensitive skin |
| 4. | affected by external conditions or stimuli |
| 5. | easily offended |
| 6. | of or relating to the senses or the power of sensation |
| 7. | capable of registering small differences or changes in amounts, quality, etc: a sensitive instrument |
| 8. | photog having a high sensitivity: a sensitive emulsion |
| 9. | connected with matters affecting national security, esp through access to classified information |
| 10. | (of a stock market or prices) quickly responsive to external influences and thus fluctuating or tending to fluctuate |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin sēnsitīvus, from Latin sentīre to feel] | |
| 'sensitively | |
| —adv | |
| 'sensitiveness | |
| —n | |
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Sensitiveness
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Example sentences
In some fisheries there are mixed catches of demersal and pelagic fish species with different sensitiveness.
Your work has such a subtle sensitiveness that it improves with every reading.
Their efforts in all their scenes reveal their sensitiveness to the direction.
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