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capable of being noticed — typically because it is different enough or large enough- The car makes a barely perceptible clicking sound at high speeds.
perceptible = capable of being noticed
- She's walking with a barely perceptible limp.
- he continued after a perceptible pause
- a perceptible sense of expectation in the court
- perceptible changes in behavior
- The wolf ran hard for fifty yards without gaining perceptibly on the fawn, then suddenly broke off the chase and trotted back to rejoin his fellows.Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
- The ragged circle around him moved perceptibly closer.John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- It's not the lifting and cleaning, the medicines and wipes, and the distant but somehow always perceptible smell of disinfectant.Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
- But now, too, I see the first lines at the corners of her mouth, a strand (or two or three) of silvery hair, the barest perceptible sag to her cheek.Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
- Simon turned away from them and went where the just perceptible path led him.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- A perceptible chill rippled from my heart through the rest of my body.Becca Fitzpatrick -- Hush, Hush
- The jerks perceptibly diminished; as the sled gained momentum, he caught them up, till it was moving steadily along.Jack London -- The Call of the Wild
- It was subtle but perceptible, and more pronounced with words that began with t.Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- There is no possibility that any perceptible change will happen within our own lifetime.George Orwell -- 1984
- I indeed perceptibly gained on it, and when, after nearly two days' journey, I beheld my enemy at no more than a mile distant, my heart bounded within me.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- "Asheville is the last safe haven in the East," the man replied, his words barely perceptible now, nothing but dry, faint rasps.James Dashner -- The Kill Order
- A book lay spread on the sill before her, and the scarcely perceptible wind fluttered its leaves at intervals.Emily Bronte -- Wuthering Heights
- Lucy's heart beat a trifle more audibly to the stethoscope, and her lungs had a perceptible movement.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- A band of orange and yellow ignited the sky, glorious and unexpected, as spectacular as fireworks, but changing at a stately, barely perceptible pace.Scott Westerfeld -- Uglies
- By and by, out of the stillness, little, scarcely perceptible noises began to emphasize themselves.Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
perceptible = capable of being noticed
perceptibly = noticeably
perceptibly = noticeably
perceptible = noticeable
perceptible = capable of being seen
perceptible = capable of being seen
perceptible = noticeable
perceptibly = noticeably
perceptible = noticeable
perceptible = capable of being noticed
perceptibly = noticeably
perceptible = capable of being heard
perceptible = noticeable
perceptible = noticeable
perceptible = noticeable
perceptible = noticeable
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