Both Uses of
perceptible
in
Go Tell It on the Mountain
- But he saw only details: two great eyes, and a broad, low forehead, and the triangle of his nose, and his enormous mouth, and the barely perceptible cleft in his chin, which was, his father said, the mark of the Devil's little finger.†
Chpt 1.1 *perceptible = capable of being noticed
- She remembered that as she mounted the stairs with John's heavy weight in her arms, and as she entered the door, she heard music, which became perceptibly fainter as Florence closed the door behind her.†
Chpt 2.3perceptibly = in a manner that is capable of being noticed
Definition:
capable of being noticed -- typically because it is different enough or large enough