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imperceptibly

/im-per-sep-tuh-buhl/US // ˌɪm pərˈsɛp tə bəl //UK // (ˌɪmpəˈsɛptɪbəl) //

无形中,无形之中,不知不觉中,无形中使

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : very slight, gradual, or subtle: the imperceptible slope of the road.
    • : not perceptible; not perceived by or affecting the senses.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something not capable of being perceived by the senses: metaphysical speculation about imperceptibles.

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Examples

  • Similarly, when a colleague at work gives notice, we begin, almost imperceptibly, to withdraw from him.

  • The sun, I notice on this day when Daylight Saving has reverted to Standard Time, has imperceptibly set.

  • But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

  • Gradually and imperceptibly the interlude melted into the soft opening minor chords of the Chopin Impromptu.

  • All the lower sky was pink, melting imperceptibly into the still pale blue of day.

  • In truth, the dividing line between man-ape and man was imperceptibly fine.

  • I cried, pointing to the southward, where two dots on the grassy plain were imperceptibly moving in our direction.