Imperceptibly

Examples

• With his mind apparently relieved from an overwhelming weight, by having at last got an order for something, the waiter imperceptibly melted away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• But a change came upon the view, almost imperceptibly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She therefore graciously smiled, assented, chatted familiarly, and did all she could to make time pass imperceptibly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Now he had let go, imperceptibly he was melting into oneness with the whole. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This imperceptibly helped to render habitual the impression within him, that he had done with, and dismissed that part of life. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Pilar smiled and shrugged her shoulders almost imperceptibly and said, You know the way? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Most houses are so loosely constructed that fresh air enters imperceptibly in many ways, and whether we will or no, we receive some fresh air. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• How can I, imperceptibly, have changed, I wonder! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But carried on by a sure instinct in the complete darkness of his soul, he corresponded mystically with her, imperceptibly, but palpably. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• That is to say, that the color changes imperceptibly in subtle gradations of light and shade. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The lower slopes of the eminence melted imperceptibly into a grassy plain, the place of the meeting of three rivers. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Imperceptibly I became conscious of a change in Biddy, however. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• It went slowly, almost imperceptibly, for it was a small watch and he could not see the second hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Well, she does it so imperceptibly that I don't think I shall mind much. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• If we examine such a spectrum we find the following colors in order, each color imperceptibly fading into the next: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Her face looked sallow and swollen in the dreary light, and her dull hair shaded imperceptibly into the tones of her skin. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Opposition may dissolve, antagonistic cults flatten out to a common culture, almost imperceptibly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Gudrun paddled almost imperceptibly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• First, that he seems imperceptibly to establish a dreadful right of property in mademoiselle. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• While the pitch of the voice changes constantly, the changes are normally gradual and slight, and the different tones merge into each other imperceptibly. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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