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adverbperceptively (comparative more perceptively, superlative most perceptively)
comparative more perceptively · superlative most perceptively
- 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'.
1997, Guy Claxton, Hare brain, tortoise mind: why intelligence increases when you think less
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perceptively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceptively
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“perceptively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perceptively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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