imperceptibly

adverb

as in fractionally

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Recent Examples of imperceptibly The rival closed her eyes, shivered, nodded almost imperceptibly. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 The nanobubbler system — essentially imperceptibly small bubbles meant to oxygenate the water and choke off algae growth — had never been tested at this scale on a public monument before deployment. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 July 2026 Progress continued, if slowly and imperceptibly, from that point forward. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026 Something internal shifted, almost imperceptibly but irreversibly. — Chiara Barzini, Vogue, 9 May 2026 They'd be heralded not by rippling explosions or flash frozen corpses floating against a tapestry of stars, but instead by oxygen, almost imperceptibly slipping away or radiation slowly accumulating in our cells over years. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 8 May 2026 Setting’s live releases and studio debut, 2021’s Shone A Rainbow Light On, drifted through ambient cloud-shapes before almost imperceptibly taking flight. — Jesse Jarnow, Pitchfork, 4 May 2026 Victor’s hand tightened imperceptibly on the glass. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Apr. 2026 Every few seconds, the wolf almost imperceptibly shifts its head, as if scanning the horizon for predators or prey. — Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imperceptibly
  1. fractionally
  2. progressively
  3. slowly
  4. increasingly
Adverb
  • The retail part of the story The State Street SPDR S & P Retail ETF (XRT) is down fractionally in the last week.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • If senior judgment matters more than ever, why not just hire it full-time instead of fractionally?
    — Sue Mysko, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of fractionally
Adverb
  • Admissions decisions progressively depend on information that cannot be independently evaluated by applicants, parents, legislators, or even many faculty members.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • As noted above, though, that genome was only distributed into the next generation of cells at random, and pieces of it were progressively lost over each generation.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of progressively
Adverb
  • The abduction of Nicolas Maduro, then the president of Venezuela, was daring, high-risk, and has slowly paid off, with Caracas becoming more US-friendly.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Where Prozac and similar drugs slowly change the chemicals in the brain, psychedelics may quickly prompt neurons to create new connections.
    — Angelica Peebles, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of slowly
Adverb
  • In an era of entertainment increasingly dependent on franchises, Christopher Nolan has turned his name into one of them.
    — Gene Park, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
  • Kyiv has sometimes launched hundreds of drones in a single night, targeting oil refineries, naval vessels and increasingly the Moscow region.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of increasingly

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“Imperceptibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperceptibly. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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