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PERCEPTIBLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perceptibly mean?
• PERCEPTIBLY (adverb)
The adverb PERCEPTIBLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PERCEPTIBLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a noticeable manner
Synonyms:
noticeably; observably; perceptibly
Context example:
he changed noticeably over the years
Antonym:
imperceptibly (in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree)
Pertainym:
perceptible (capable of being perceived by the mind or senses)
Context examples
The hand caressing his hair paused perceptibly, then went on with the same gentle stroke.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I indeed perceptibly gained on it, and when, after nearly two days’ journey, I beheld my enemy at no more than a mile distant, my heart bounded within me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
His eyes were closed, but the lids slightly lifted in an effort to look at them as they bent over him, and the tail was perceptibly agitated in a vain effort to wag.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The jerks perceptibly diminished; as the sled gained momentum, he caught them up, till it was moving steadily along.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Their movements perceptibly quickened under his coaching, and as the boat swung inboard I was sent forward to let go the jibs.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Each day grows perceptibly warmer.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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