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Imperceptibly vs Imperceptively - What's the difference?

imperceptibly | imperceptively |

As adverbs the difference between imperceptibly and imperceptively

is that imperceptibly is not noticeably, too small to be detected, too little to be perceived while imperceptively is (proscribed) imperceptibly.

imperceptibly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Not noticeably, too small to be detected, too little to be perceived.
    • No one noticed that he moved imperceptibly backwards.

    imperceptively

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (proscribed) imperceptibly