discernibly
- adverb
- /dɪˈsɜrnəblɪ/
- After the storm, the sky was discernibly clearer, allowing everyone to see the stars.
- discernibly different
Examples
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But Sam's experience should still be part of him, and discernibly so.
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Growth is still possible without Peter Parker, and the supporting cast is becoming discernibly older.
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Was there something which was discernibly different?
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However, differences in study designs did not discernibly influence the type or incidence of complications being reported.
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Tea, in particular (and to a lesser extent coffee), took on a faint but discernibly bitter edge.
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High-risk males were not discernibly different from moderate- and low-risk males in their perceptions of personal risk.
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The Novice Group (25.7%) is most discernibly different from other groups in that they had no formal soccer experience before viewing the videotape in this study.
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The reigning motif of El perro del hortelano is discernibly earthbound and more psychological than philosophical.
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Percy notices that "the brain of the most 'primitive' man is not discernibly different from the brain of Beethoven and therefore cannot be accounted for by Darwin's theory of a gradual adaptation of a species to its environment."
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Of course, he was interpreting the music to the best of his ability, yet his accent, intonation, strumming, and mannerisms evoked a discernibly Mayan charro.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
In a way that is easy to see, hear, or understand
In a way that is clear and easy to notice
In a way that people can see
In a way that is easy to see or recognize
In a clear, strong way that is easy to notice
In a way that is very easy to notice
In a very clear way that people cannot mistake
In a way that is very clear to everyone
In a way that is easy to notice
You can easily notice it
In a way people can easily recognize
In a way you can notice
In a way that is easy to notice
In a very easy to notice and important way
In a way that can be easily noticed
In a way you can tell is different from others
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
discernibly = discernible (transparent) = discern + ible + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'discernible', yielding a directly derived adverb.
Etymology
Discernibly comes from the verb discern, which comes from Latin parts dis- 'apart' and cernere 'to separate', like 'sifting' things so you can see them clearly. So, if something changes discernibly, it is clearly different and easy to notice.