feelingly

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Adverb
  • This is not a call to apply lower standards to those with mental illness, but to apply the existing standards more thoughtfully.
    Jeffrey Freedman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The 100-year-old house has been thoughtfully reworked with whimsical interiors that balance personality and polish alongside the comforts of a modern stay.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Some aren’t really worms but mosquito larvae, or detritus worms, but these are found in stagnant water, so would be unlikely to be in your lovingly tended birdbath.
    Joan Morris, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Phones and clocks weren’t portable, but watches were, ensuring time was wisely and lovingly spent.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Fuqua’s focus is on the music, with songwriting, video production and choreography scenes, and full-length live performances tackled with staggering precision by Jaafar Jackson, who also sensitively delivers Michael’s repressed anguish in confrontational scenes with his father.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Fuqua’s focus is on the music, with songwriting, video production and choreography scenes, and full-length live performances tackled with staggering precision by Jaafar Jackson, who also sensitively delivers Michael’s repressed anguish in confrontational scenes with his father.
    Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Move considerately, and let your actions speak for you today.
    Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The viral post comes as survey data suggests many travelers are generally open to seat-switch requests when they are made considerately.
    Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Withers makes Ledger, in his omnipresent orange Ford pickup truck, a soulfully hunky gentle giant.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The community is bolstered by Japanese Buddhist and Shinto beliefs that soulfully and spiritually tether humanity to the natural world.
    Malik Peay, Them., 15 Dec. 2025
Adverb
  • But the scenes she’s devised for these sympathetically difficult oddballs go nowhere.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Two of the emails to potential witnesses were the subjects of email strings associated with bloggers who have written extensively and sympathetically about Boyne.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • For decades, those 120 losses stood as the modern-era record for the most in an MLB season, until the Chicago White Sox finally — mercifully?
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The humbling end to a mercifully brief career should be a warning to anyone else who might try to get elected by brazenly flouting the disclosure laws.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • In this story the problem is treated intimately and compassionately by a woman who knows all about it.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Williams says the same approach can help caregivers respond more compassionately when someone with dementia expresses a mistaken belief, confusing idea, or hallucination.
    Brian Unger, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Feelingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feelingly. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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