Perceptibly

Examples

• The figure perceptibly gave up its fixity, shifted a step or two, and turned round. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mrs. Peniston's face clouded perceptibly, but did not express the astonishment her niece had expected. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• In spite of her tender nursing, the health of Adrian perceptibly declined. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Experience is here taken as previously defined: trying to do something and having the thing perceptibly do something to one in return. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The delay did not perceptibly weaken her resolve. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Several of the craft were limping perceptibly, and seemed but barely under the control of their depleted crews. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Minute after minute passed by, perhaps ten minutes passed, and the shadow on the moon perceptibly widened. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Then the curtain moved more perceptibly, and the woman in the bed put it back, and sat up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Probably the day was at first still perceptibly shorter, but the scenery had become very modern in its character. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• As it was becoming perceptibly difficult to breathe Tardos Mors arose, saying, Let us bid each other farewell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• That he was weakening perceptibly was evident, but so also was the ape, whose struggles were growing momentarily less. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Mr. Casaubon winced perceptibly, but bowed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Thus addressed directly, Roylands was rather taken aback, and reddened perceptibly through the tan of his skin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Thus, when there are three atmospheres of gas under pressure, each bottle of soda-water contains four bottles full of gas, which are absorbed without perceptibly increasing its bulk. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• What troubled him was that, though Dorset's attitude had perceptibly changed, the change was not clearly to be accounted for. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.

Typist: Sam