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
  • Dividends, corporate actions, tax reporting and reconciliation all become more complicated when positions are held fractionally across multiple currencies and markets.
    — Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of fractionally
Adverb
  • These very serious diseases, which often have pediatric onset, are often fatal and progressively debilitating, so families are desperate for a treatment.
    — Kat Bryant Knudson, STAT, 31 July 2026
  • The Swiss watchmaker appears among purchases that grow progressively less attainable, from perfume and a Roche Bobois Mah Jong sofa to an apartment, a personality and an entirely new life.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of progressively
Adverb
  • But that effort has moved slowly in the months since, spurring frustration among some White House and health officials that HHS doesn’t yet have any significant progress for the administration to tout, two administration officials said.
    — Adam Cancryn, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Once the plastic ends up in a landfill, the tubes slowly fragment into microplastics that can get into the air, soil, and water.
    — Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of slowly
Adverb
  • Areas where forecasts consistently predict clear skies — or persistent cloud — will become increasingly obvious as eclipse day approaches.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The rise of Black power influenced Chicano activism, and many Mexican Americans increasingly shed illusions that they could be seen as white, at least legally so, and rejected assimilationist impulses.
    — Eladio Bobadilla, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of increasingly

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