| 单词 | imperceptibly |
| 释义 | imperceptibly (once / 2963 pages) adv The word imperceptibly is used for things that are hardly happening at all or happening to such a small degree that you barely notice. If something is imperceptibly moving, then it's barely moving — or not moving enough for you to really see it moving. It's imperceptible, or not perceptible. An imperceptibly whining dog is hardly whining at all. An imperceptibly flapping flag is nearly still. This word is the opposite of dramatically or extremely, when there's a lot of activity. WORD FAMILYimperceptible: imperceptibility, imperceptibly+/misperceive: misperceived, misperceives/perceivable: perceivably, unperceivable/perceive: misperceive, perceivable, perceived, perceiveed, perceiver, perceives, perceiving, perceptible, perception, perceptive, percipient/perceived: unperceived/perceiver: perceivers/perceiving: unperceiving/perceptibility: perceptibilities/perceptible: imperceptible, perceptibility, perceptibly/perception: perceptions/perceptive: perceptively, perceptiveness, perceptivity, unperceptive/percipient: percipients/unperceivable: unperceivably/unperceiving: unperceivingly/unperceptive: unperceptively, unperceptiveness USAGE EXAMPLESIn a few more seconds, the rocket was pitching itself almost imperceptibly toward the ocean. The New Yorker(Sep 23, 2016) Almost imperceptibly, then in a constant leak, the crowd on the floor thinned. The New Yorker(Nov 09, 2016) I began taking an MAO called Parnate and within weeks something inside began to lift, imperceptibly at first, and then more palpably. Time(Oct 27, 2016) adv in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly Syn|Ant unnoticeably noticeably, observably, perceptibly in a noticeable manner |
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