imperceptibly

English

Etymology

imperceptible +‎ -ly

Adverb

imperceptibly (comparative more imperceptibly, superlative most imperceptibly)

Not noticeably; too small to be detected; too little to be perceived.
No one noticed that he had moved imperceptibly backwards.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 154:
  The moon moved imperceptibly towards setting.
Beyond the purview of man; too great and all-encompassing to be perceived.

Translations

not noticeably

Catalan: imperceptiblement (ca)
Dutch: onmerkbaar (nl), ongemerkt (nl)
Finnish: huomaamatta, huomaamattomasti
French: imperceptiblement (fr)
German: unmerklich
Polish: niezauważalnie (pl)
Russian: незаме́тно (ru) (nezamétno), незначи́тельно (ru) (neznačítelʹno)
Spanish: imperceptiblemente (es)
Swedish: omärkligt (sv), omärkbart
Ukrainian: непомі́тно (nepomítno)

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