sensely
"sensely" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“sensely” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or perceived by sense or the senses; sensory; sensual; sensible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-sensely · sensely · English
sensely · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sensely |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “sensely” in English
Rare enough to double-check
sensely is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or perceived by sense or the senses; sensory; sensual; sensible.".
Zero misspellings are on record for sensely in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sense + -ly. The correct English form is sensely, spelled S-E-N-S-E-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or perceived by sense or the senses; sensory; sensual; sensible.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sensely appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That is the universal tenet. But is God really hid? It is the blind or stupid eye that first pronounced this sensely word.
[…] February's wind, Scantly distinguished from the withered bent;— And since when first the perfect brain began To read a meaning in the shows of sense Beyond the sensely show, I looked on thee, A supple sapling, slim and straight and tall, […]
Etymology
From sense + -ly.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.