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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree;
- Example: "the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly"
[syn: imperceptibly, unnoticeably]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Imperceptible \Im`per*cep"ti*ble\, a. [Pref. im- not + perceptible: cf. F. imperceptible.] Not perceptible; not to be apprehended or cognized by the senses; not discernible by the mind; not easily apprehended. [1913 Webster] Almost imperceptible to the touch. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Its operation is slow, and in some cases almost imperceptible. --Burke. -- Im`per*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Im`per*cep"ti*bly, adv. [1913 Webster] Their . . . subtilty and imperceptibleness. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

imperceptibly adv 1: in an imperceptible manner or to an imperceptible degree; "the power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly" [syn: imperceptibly, unnoticeably] [ant: noticeably, observably, perceptibly]