feelingly Definition

feeling
noun

1. The sense of touch, a sensation or emotion.
2. Emotion as distinct from reason.
3. Strong emotion.

Example: speak with feeling
Thesaurus: emotion, passion.
4. A belief or opinion.

Thesaurus: opinion, thought, outlook, attitude, point of view.
5. A natural ability for, or understanding of, an activity, etc.

Thesaurus: sensitivity, taste, discernment, refinement, capacity, faculty, intelligence.
Form: a feeling for something (usually)
6. Affection.
7. Mutual interactive emotion between two people, such as bad feeling (resentment), good feeling (friendliness), ill feeling (hostility), etc.
8. An instinctive grasp or appreciation of it.

Form: feeling for something (often)
9. One's attitude to something.

Example: have strong feelings
Example: have mixed feelings
Form: feelings
10. One's sensibilities; delicately balanced emotional attitude.

Example: hurt someone's feelings
Thesaurus: ego, self-esteem, emotions, passions, sensitivities, affections, susceptibilities.
Form: feelings

adj

1. Sensitive; sympathetic.

Derivative: feelingless
adj

Derivative: feelingly
adverb

With sincerity resulting from experience.

Idiom: feelings are running high

There is a general feeling of anger, strong emotion, etc.

Idiom: no hard feelings

No offence taken.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon felan to feel.