- Susceptibly
- Susceptible Sus*cep"ti*ble, a. [F., from L. suscipere,
susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize,
admit; pref. sus (see {Sub-}) + capere to take. See
{Capable}.]
1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change,
affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body
susceptible of color or of alteration.
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It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. --Young. [1913 Webster]
2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. [1913 Webster]
Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb. [1913 Webster] -- {Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. -- {Sus*cep"ti*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.