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Recent Examples of perceptibly
Public funding in Kansas The emotion about keeping the Royals in Missouri has perceptibly changed in the last 10 days.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 1 Jan. 2026
After trying out a shot in the fourth episode in which Kim smiled, barely perceptibly, while watching Jimmy pull off a stunt, the creators settled into the idea that her character wasn’t a scold but was turned on by Jimmy’s shenanigans — and could be a surprising and active ally.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perceptibly
Adverb
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But in discharging this function, poets are in danger of slighting another imperative, namely, to redress poetry as poetry, to set it up as its own category, an eminence established and a pressure exercised by distinctly linguistic means.—
Nick Laird,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Performance meets precision Inside, the cabin is distinctly Audi.—
Chris Jackson,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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In that instance, Russia is clearly where Xi is invested in the relationship.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
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Denver clearly knows the school well and will have seen a ton of him before even digging into this class, having fallen in love with Barron last year.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Although something is discernibly missing—the sound of music.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are no star turns, no parts that are discernibly meatier, no actor without a fully dimensional character to play, irrespective of their screen time.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Brown said it plainly afterward, pointing to the numbers that showed where the Knicks lost control.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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And plainly put, Eddie is one of the greatest.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Perceptibly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perceptibly. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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