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replying

ADJECTIVE

responsive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active aware compassionate conscious reactive receptive sensible sensitive susceptible sympathetic

WEAK

acknowledging alive answering awake bleeding-heart forthcoming impressionable influenceable kindhearted open passionate perceptive persuadable respondent sensile sentient sharp softhearted susceptive tender warm warmhearted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant impassive indifferent insensitive merciless senseless unaware unconscious unfeeling unfriendly unsusceptible

WEAK

unresponsive

NOUN

returning

Synonyms

STRONG

answering recompensing responding restoring

WEAK

bringing back giving back repayment

Example Sentences

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Even replying “STOP” to a smishing text can increase the number of scam messages you receive, because it confirms someone is actively using the phone number.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“No, don’t worry,” she remembers the woman replying.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

In 2025, replying to AFP's question, Putin said he did "not even wish to discuss" the idea Israel might assassinate Iran's Khamenei.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

When he again said no, Weetman was described as replying "what about my dough?" - although Jackson told the jury there were no direct threats.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

I calculated the consequences of replying “Four Hundred Pound,” and finding them against me, went as near the answer as I could—which was somewhere about eightpence off.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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