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Definition of Imperceptibly
1. Adverb. In an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree. "The power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly"
Definition of Imperceptibly
1. Adverb. not noticeably, too small to be detected, too little to be perceived. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imperceptibly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imperceptibly
Literary usage of Imperceptibly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"of heaven had not been imperceptibly checked by the apprehension of violating
the unity and sole supremacy of the great Father of Christ and of the Universe ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"1n the light of the authorities, "alluvion" may be defined as addition to riparian
land, gradually and imperceptibly made by the water to which the land is ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1849)
"... and that their own army, great as it was, might imperceptibly be cut off,
while they could not see in which direction to assist each other. 30. ..."
4. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1877)
"The sacrament of extreme unction was then administered, and he sank into a state
of coma, which passed imperceptibly into death. ..."
5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander, Joseph Torrey (1851)
"In such a life, the new birth was not to constitute a new crisis, beginning at
some definable moment, but it was to begin imperceptibly, and so proceed ..."
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