perceptibly

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Recent Examples of perceptibly For the next hour or so, the colors of the canopy shifted, slowly but perceptibly, as the sky clung to its blue and then, after lingering in the inkiest navy for just a few precious minutes, seemed to give it all away. Max Norman, New Yorker, 25 June 2026 Public funding in Kansas The emotion about keeping the Royals in Missouri has perceptibly changed in the last 10 days. 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
  • That balance is what makes the restaurant feel distinctly Harlem in the summer.
    Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • There’s an emerging consensus right now, particularly among AI skeptics, that the most distinctly human qualities are emotion, intuition, the ability to sense and feel.
    Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026
Adverb
  • The video clearly showed the forward had dived after a tackle from Leandro Paredes.
    The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Paramount already offered concessions to Bonta to avert a lawsuit, but Bonta and his counterparts clearly wanted more.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Adverb
  • Although something is discernibly missing—the sound of music.
    Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • If the image is genuine and already halfway around Reddit, there is nothing left to hide and everything to lose by acting otherwise, so the honest move is to name what happened plainly and let the daylight do its work.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Jerry Klein, chief veterinarian at the American Kennel Club, put it plainly in an interview with Wirecutter.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

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

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