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Latin
Etymology
From sentiō (“discern, perceive”) + -tim.
Pronunciation
Adverb
sēnsim (not comparable)
- gradually, slowly, gently, gingerly
References
- “sensim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sensim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sensim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to retreat step by step: gradum sensim referre