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perceptively

perceptively adverb: in a perceptive manner.

Adverb

perceptively (comparative more perceptively, superlative most perceptively)

  1. In a perceptive manner.
    • She performed appallingly on standard neurological tests, which are, as Sacks perceptively notes, specifically designed to deconstruct the whole person into a stack of 'abilities'.1997, Guy Claxton, Hare brain, tortoise mind: why intelligence increases when you think less

Forms of perceptively

comparativemore perceptively
superlativemost perceptively

Origin of perceptively

From perceptive + -ly.

Questions about perceptively

What does perceptively mean?
Perceptively means in a perceptive manner.
What part of speech is perceptively?
Perceptively is an adverb.

Words near perceptively in the dictionary

  1. perceptionist
  2. perceptionistic
  3. perceptionists
  4. perceptions
  5. perceptive
  6. perceptively
  7. perceptiveness
  8. perceptives
  9. perceptivities
  10. perceptivity
  11. perceptomotor

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