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# perceptibly

«perceptibly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that can be noticed or seen, even if only a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (perceptibly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that can be noticed or seen, even if only a little: "It grew perceptibly colder." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In formal writing, science reports and stories, "perceptibly" describes a change you can just notice. Its opposite "imperceptibly" means so slowly or slightly that you cannot notice it. Often with change words: perceptibly colder, perceptibly louder, perceptibly faster.

### examples

- It grew perceptibly darker as the clouds came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#x1)
- Her voice shook perceptibly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#x2)
- The plant had grown perceptibly in one week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#x3)
- He relaxed perceptibly when the test was over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#x4)
- The water level rose perceptibly during the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#x5)
- The train slowed perceptibly before the station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perceptibly/#x6)

### note

Formal adverb. From "perceptible" (able to be noticed) and "perceive" (to notice). Opposite: imperceptibly. In science, a perceptible change is one you can measure or see.

### Trees and pragmatics

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