Susceptibly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility;
        impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more
        susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart.
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              Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of
              affronts.                             --Cowper.
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              I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. --Lamb.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness}, n. --
        {Sus*cep"ti*bly}, adv.
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