The power of the Secretary of State in London increased gradually but imperceptibly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : the imperceptible slope of the road. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : metaphysical speculation about imperceptibles. From Dictionary.com.
Barber says he has slowed "imperceptibly" but his body is slower to recover. From Wordnik.com. [With retirement looming, Tiki's balances NFL with his next career in the media] Reference
The schooner inched her way imperceptibly under the horizon. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Slowly, imperceptibly, the orientation of the planet has changed. From Wordnik.com. [The Life Radiant] Reference
How gradually it has all taken form, imperceptibly, how insidiously. From Wordnik.com. [Mr.Dostoevsky] Reference
Gordon's face changed slightly, his eyebrows rising almost imperceptibly. From Wordnik.com. [Security] Reference
Her chin lifted almost imperceptibly, in a simulation of the model's pose. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference
The mother nodded, almost imperceptibly, and bit down. From Wordnik.com. [What the Father Said] Reference
Fisher's blue-gray eyes widened almost imperceptibly, and his gaze sharpened. From Wordnik.com. [Hail to the Chief] Reference
Are we imperceptibly but inexorably slipping from cooperation to competition?. From Wordnik.com. [‘Chimerica’ is Headed for Divorce] Reference
It slowed down almost imperceptibly after 2006, then fell off a cliff in 2008. From Wordnik.com. [Nevada's Economic Misery May Be America's Future] Reference
Power builds quickly and effortlessly, and the transmission shifts imperceptibly. From Wordnik.com. [Behind the wheel: BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo - A hatchback for the jet set] Reference
They moved closer, imperceptibly, and moistened their dry lips with their tongues. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
Technology revolutions come in two flavors: jarringly fast and imperceptibly slow. From Wordnik.com. [YOUR NEXT COMPUTER] Reference
And then, within a week, almost imperceptibly, a change began to come over the reservation. From Wordnik.com. [Land of the Burnt Thigh] Reference
She moved almost imperceptibly toward him, her lips parted as if to speak, but said nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
I noticed Saddam's smile leaving as he inched toward the door, sliding almost imperceptibly. From Wordnik.com. [O Saddam!] Reference
Mr. BENSEL: Now, when he gave that line, we defy them, he moved almost imperceptibly back a step. From Wordnik.com. [William Jennings Bryan: An Electrifying Orator] Reference
He hesitated almost imperceptibly between words, like one to whom English was not a native tongue. From Wordnik.com. [The Cavern of the Shining Ones] Reference
Her breathing faded and slowed so imperceptibly it was hard to recognise the moment she actually died. From Wordnik.com. [Once upon a life: David Nobbs] Reference
But the signs of deterioration were growing, imperceptibly, for all but the blind and blind drunk to see. From Wordnik.com. [Ricky Hatton's love of the high life sent him crashing back to earth] Reference
Yet, productivity and living standards have advanced only sluggishly-sometimes imperceptibly-ever this period. From Wordnik.com. [The Value Of College] Reference
Its outward being constantly wastes away, whilst imperceptibly its inner life is being renewed by is the spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Common Prayer, part 4: In the midst of life] Reference
On a certain occasion, as the reader may remember, Sarah had imperceptibly prepared herself to receive Hiram Meeker. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
We had drifted imperceptibly into that phase of a growing friendship which is silent upon certain interesting topics. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
So he lay, not sleeping, merely enduring, until, almost imperceptibly at first, the dark about him began to dissolve. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
Here were no stereotyped picture windows, but walls that blended imperceptibly into pleasing patterns of transparency. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
Some sort of order must be imperceptibly if not unconsciously maintained, or the sentences clash in general conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
Stanton paused imperceptibly before answering, while his ultrafast mind considered the problem before arriving at a decision. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
But for him she would have remained in peaceful oblivion, out of which she would have passed imperceptibly to her final sleep. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The most we would do was to admire the park and the ramifications of its paths and alleys which dwindled imperceptibly into the great. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
If the limping, as is often the case in the severest forms of the disease, sets in gradually, almost imperceptibly and without much pain. From Wordnik.com. [Apis Mellifica or, The Poison of the Honey-Bee, Considered as a Therapeutic Agent] Reference
Mrs. Farnham looked at the lawyer, who almost imperceptibly bent his head, and she rang the bell for Salina to bring her shawl and bonnet. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
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