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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

perceptively en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English perceptive Middle English -ly English -ly English perceptively From perceptive + -ly.

Meanings

  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:

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most perceptively Degree=Sup lexicographic
more perceptively Degree=Cmp lexicographic