perceptively
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Meanings
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in a perceptive manner
You read the play perceptively.
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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'.
Etymology
From perceptive + -ly.
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