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# imperceptibly

«imperceptibly» in Mova's school dictionary: **So slowly or slightly that you cannot notice it happening** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (imperceptibly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) So slowly or slightly that you cannot notice it happening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#m1)

2) In a way too small to see, hear or feel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, many changes happen imperceptibly: plants grow, the hour hand moves, mountains wear down, continents drift. In stories, light fades imperceptibly at dusk or a character nods imperceptibly — so small that others hardly see it. Phrases: change imperceptibly, nod imperceptibly, imperceptibly slowly.

### examples

- The hour hand moves imperceptibly round the clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#x1)
- Day turned imperceptibly into night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#x2)
- She nodded imperceptibly to show she agreed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#x3)
- The glacier moves imperceptibly, only a little each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#x4)
- My little sister is growing imperceptibly taller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#x5)
- The temperature dropped imperceptibly through the evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/#x6)

### note

Adjective «imperceptible» (not able to be noticed); opposite «perceptibly», «noticeably». Root: «perceive» = notice. Spelling: im-per-cep-ti-bly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «imperceptibly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/imperceptibly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.