"imperceptibly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more imperceptibly [comparative], most imperceptibly [superlative]
Etymology: imperceptible + -ly Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{suffix|en|imperceptible|ly}} imperceptible + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} imperceptibly (comparative more imperceptibly, superlative most imperceptibly)
  1. Not noticeably; too small to be detected; too little to be perceived. Translations (not noticeably): imperceptiblement (Catalan), onmerkbaar (Dutch), ongemerkt (Dutch), huomaamatta (Finnish), huomaamattomasti (Finnish), imperceptiblement (French), unmerklich (German), niezauważalnie (Polish), незаме́тно (nezamétno) (Russian), незначи́тельно (neznačítelʹno) (Russian), imperceptiblemente (Spanish), omärkligt (Swedish), omärkbart (Swedish), непомі́тно (nepomítno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-imperceptibly-en-adv-uwVIacJh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'not noticeably': 98 2
  2. Beyond the purview of man; too great and all-encompassing to be perceived.
    Sense id: en-imperceptibly-en-adv-pHyqifr2

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