Responsiveness
What it means
Readiness to respond quickly and helpfully.
Reach for it when naming timely, relevant attention and adjustment to another person, signal, or changing need
The clinic's responsiveness reassured worried families.
Words to choose between 8
| everyday | |
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| warm | |
| professional |
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everyday
promptness
Fits when absence of delay is the main quality
Careful Prompt action may be irrelevant or careless.
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warm
attentiveness
Fits when careful notice comes before action
Careful Attention alone does not produce a useful response.
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warm
Fits when noticing subtle needs or changes matters
Careful Sensitivity can exist without timely action.
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professional
Fits when changing approach effectively is the strength
Careful Adaptability need not answer anyone promptly.
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professional
Fits when fast organizational adjustment is intended
Careful Agility can reward speed over care.
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professional
Fits when active ongoing interaction is central
Careful Engagement does not guarantee adaptation.
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professional
reactivity
Fits when speed of reaction is the neutral measured property
Careful Reactivity can be automatic, unstable, or excessive.
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professional
Fits when openness to input is central
Careful Receptiveness may remain passive.
Opposites 3
- unresponsiveness
- indifference
- rigidity
Common phrases 3
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customer responsiveness
Customer responsiveness improved after each request received an owner.
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emotional responsiveness
Emotional responsiveness helped the teacher notice growing frustration.
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responsiveness to change
The small team's responsiveness to change protected the launch.
Word family 1
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated