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perceptible
in
The Pit and the Pendulum
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- But what mainly disturbed me was the idea that had perceptibly descended.†
*perceptibly = in a manner that is capable of being noticed
- There was another interval of utter insensibility; it was brief; for, upon again lapsing into life there had been no perceptible descent in the pendulum.†
perceptible = capable of being noticed
Definitions:
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(1)
(perceptible) capable of being noticed -- typically because it is different enough or large enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)