PERCEPTIBLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

perceptibly

adverb

Definition of perceptibly

as in distinctly

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Recent Examples of perceptibly The screens are now showing only a tiny orange sliver, and the evening is becoming perceptibly less bright. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026 Sometime around the pandemic, Vanhée’s clothes got perceptibly more outspoken. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026 But the burden of trying to achieve something everyone craved unintentionally, but perceptibly, skewed their priorities. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 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

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Industry expectations are distinctly low for the Japanese government’s ambitious plans to support overseas sales of domestic content.

— Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
This distinctly North Korean punishment, used especially to discipline and defenestrate high officials, strips a person of office and sends him to perform physical labor and political reeducation, often in the countryside.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinctly

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Both camps are chasing an 11-member board majority, though a handful of candidates don’t align clearly with either side.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said Tehran had clearly communicated its demands.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of clearly

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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

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