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What does receptively mean?

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Adverb
  1. In a receptive manner.
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Hutcheson understands a 'sense' receptively, as a mental determination that occurs involuntarily, and is typically attended with a perception of pleasure or pain.
She seemed to perk up receptively, so I asked where we could find the Madonna they'd paid a king's ransom for, the one with the burnt frame.
There ought always to be a blind man grinning encouragingly, receptively, at meetings, she thought.
The little thing crooned deeply, and opened its mouth receptively to be fed.
I twisted my mustache into two attractive points, shot my cuffs, and glanced at her again, receptively.
It is hard work to listen receptively to the opinions of those with whom we disagree.

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