Both Uses of
perceptible
in
Great Expectations
- It was likewise to be noted of this majestic spirit, that whereas it always appeared with an air of having been out a long time and walked an immense distance, it perceptibly came from a closely contiguous wall.†
Chpt 31 *
- It troubled me that there should have been a lurker on the stairs, on that night of all nights in the year, and I asked the watchman, on the chance of eliciting some hopeful explanation as I handed him a dram at the door, whether he had admitted at his gate any gentleman who had perceptibly been dining out?†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(perceptible) capable of being noticed -- typically because it is different enough or large enough