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US
/ˌɪmpɝˈsɛptɪbɫi/
]
[ UK /ɪmpəsˈɛptəbli/ ]
[ UK /ɪmpəsˈɛptəbli/ ]
ADVERB
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in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree
the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly
How To Use imperceptibly In A Sentence
- The room widens almost imperceptibly, then narrows again as the adobe walls converge on either side of the altar.
- Carved eyes saw them, carved faces perceived them, carved mouths opened imperceptibly wider, carved nostrils took their scent. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
- Let the sauce almost imperceptibly bubble for fifteen to twenty minutes, stirring frequently.
- She seemed to sway, gently, almost imperceptibly, from side to side -- as though she waited for some sign or impellent force to guide her. The Shadow of the East
- To weaken, injure, or impair, often by degrees or imperceptibly; sap.
- Imperceptibly at first, the avarice for which their caste is famous began to shine through like copper beneath worn silver-plating.
- His mouth twitches almost imperceptibly. I dare say that mine, under the cover of my beard, twitches faintly back.
- This starts out as sensible cost-saving and value.engineering but imperceptibly the boundary is crossed arid we enter the realm of skimping.
- The special value of the "vrai reseau" in our own day is that it can be imperceptibly repaired, the broken stitches replaced, whereas in the woven ground the point of junction must show. Chats on Old Lace and Needlework
- Thou appearest to all the Greeks to be fond of thy wife; (and this I say, not stealing under thee imperceptibly with flattery;) by her I implore thee; O wretched me for my woes, to what have I come? but why must I suffer thus? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.