highly sensitive

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   readily affected by various agents

   “a highly sensitive explosive is easily exploded by a shock”

   “a sensitive colloid is readily coagulated”

   Similarsensitive

Questions about highly sensitive

What does highly sensitive mean?

highly sensitive means "readily affected by various agents".

Is highly sensitive a common word?

highly sensitive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.