All 9 Uses of
perceptible
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- About five o'clock in the evening the island was distinct, and everything on it was plainly perceptible, owing to that clearness of the atmosphere peculiar to the light which the rays of the sun cast at its setting.†
Chpt 23-24 *
- Something like a smile was perceptible on Madame de Villefort's countenance.†
Chpt 73-74
- The light made the two swords appear like flashes of lightning; as for the men, they were scarcely perceptible, the darkness was so great.†
Chpt 75-76
- 'Vasiliki,' said he to my mother, trembling perceptibly, 'the instant approaches which will decide everything.†
Chpt 77-78
- There is a poison which destroys life almost without leaving any perceptible traces.†
Chpt 79-80
- Andrea turned pale, but as it was dark his pallor was not perceptible.†
Chpt 81-82
- The latter watched with strange and deep interest the young girl, absorbed by her affection, and he also, like Morrel, followed those traces of inward suffering which was so little perceptible to a common observer that they escaped the notice of every one but the grandfather and the lover.†
Chpt 93-94
- His only jewellery was a chain, so fine that the slender gold thread was scarcely perceptible on his white waistcoat.†
Chpt 95-96
- And pressing his lips on the hand of Julie, who rushed into his arms, he extended his other hand to Emmanuel; then tearing himself from this abode of peace and happiness, he made a sign to Maximilian, who followed him passively, with the indifference which had been perceptible in him ever since the death of Valentine had so stunned him.†
Chpt 111-112
Definition:
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(perceptible) capable of being noticed -- typically because it is different enough or large enough