Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perceptively

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: per-cep-tive-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a perceptive manner.

Example Sentences

"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'."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

more perceptively (comparative) most perceptively (superlative)

Questions

What does perceptively mean?: In a perceptive manner.
Where does perceptively come from?: Etymology tree English perceptive Middle English -ly English -ly English perceptively From perceptive + -ly.

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