perceptively

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adv Freq #283840

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a perceptive manner

    You read the play perceptively.

  2. 2
    adv

    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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