insensitively

/ˌɪnˈsɛnsətɪvli/ adv C1 ✓

In an insensitive manner.

Word Origin From Latin in- 'not' and sentire 'to feel' — literally 'not feeling.' Insensitively means acting without sensitivity. The root sentire gives us sense, sensation, sensible, sentiment, consent, dissent, resent, sentence, sentient, sensor, and sensory. The PIE root *sent- meant 'to go, find out' — so feeling originally was a kind of mental journey.

adv In an insensitive manner. C1 ✓

He insensitively joked about her recent failure in front of everyone.

(副词) 麻木不仁地;冷漠地;无动于衷地

他不顾他人感受地在众人面前拿她最近的失败开玩笑。

(adverbio) De manera insensible.

Él bromeó de forma insensible sobre su reciente fracaso delante de todos.

(adverbe) sans tact; sans délicatesse; insensiblement; grossièrement [De manière insensible, en faisant preuve d'un manque d'égards envers les sentiments d'autrui.]

Il a fait une plaisanterie insensitively sur son récent échec devant tout le monde.

(Adverb) unsensibel; gefühllos; taktlos [auf eine Weise, die mangelndes Feingefühl oder Rücksichtnahme auf die Gefühle anderer zeigt]

Er machte **insensitively** einen Witz über ihr kürzliches Scheitern vor allen Leuten.

(副詞) 鈍感に;他人の感情を考慮しない様子で。

彼は、彼女の最近の失敗について、皆の前で配慮なく冗談を飛ばした。

(advérbio) insensivelmente; sem tato; grosseiramente; indelicadamente; sem sensibilidade [De modo insensível.]

Ele fez piada de forma insensível sobre o fracasso recente dela na frente de todos.

Word parts: in + sens + itive + ly

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