Because of a preference for what vinobabble calls "fruit-driven wines" rather than for noticeably oaked ones, I give Gristina's chardonnay a slight edge in the hedonism department.
Well, until recently anyway, it seemed to involve having an easy-to-take personality, being generally soft-spoken rather than pushy, not noticeably eccentric, and not so socially dominating as to overshadow the guests.
Grammatical and phonological structures are relatively stable and change noticeably over centuries rather than decades (see below Linguistic change), but vocabularies can change very quickly both in word stock and in word meanings.
Rather than being angry, I noticeably swelled with pride -- not really the effect Sophie intended, so now she is not talking to me.
Visually, Hitman is OK, rather than astonishing (although it's noticeably more impressive on the PC than the consoles).
Hornby's shrewd, melancholy book was "dad-lit" avant la lettre, and noticeably different from the rather more straightforwardly dramatic Man and Boy by Tony Parsons.
I think the main difference comes down to flavour – Rhodes' crumpets are noticeably blander than the rest – rather than texture, as I'd expected.
