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Discover LudwigThe phrase "barely perceptibly" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that is so slight or subtle that it is difficult to notice. Example: "The changes in the painting were barely perceptibly different from the original."
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"An Italian man?" Barely perceptibly, Paola nodded.
Or he could change colour, barely perceptibly (subtlety is the key here), to match his background.
Eclectic jazz guitarist Bill Frisell guests, barely perceptibly, on the noticeably upbeat album closer, Our Lady of the Desert.
Inglis, wearing a green cardigan, sat quietly in the dock occasionally looking up and nodding barely perceptibly as the judge outlined what she did.
Mean commuting time decreased, if barely perceptibly, to 39 minutes in the city (from 39.1 minutes) and to 34.1 minutes in the metropolitan area (from 34.2 minutes).
There's something about the flavours –sometimes floral, sometimes earthy, sometimes just barely perceptibly animal – and the texture – like the sheerest silk –that triggers compulsion, or amour fou, in those who have had their heads turned by the best bottles.
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"One of the actors is on a regime," she says, an eyebrow just perceptibly raised.
I don't want anyone on my pages to "burst into tears" or "just perceptibly" do anything, ever again.
Sheehan and Cohen relaxed perceptibly.
He has not mellowed perceptibly.
It does not perceptibly move.
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