unnoticeably
- adverb
- /ʌnˈnoʊtɪsəbli/
:
inadvertidamente
- Perhaps the aggressive instinct of the scientist creeps unnoticeably into the verb system when aggression seems needed, but the active verbs are used for epistemic purposes, not in connection with real actions by the phenomena under study.
- almost unnoticeably
Examples
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Won't you, Rose?" Rose is standing almost unnoticeably in the sudden shade beside the open door.
Fiction book (1990) -
"Woman" is a sometimes-useful category with historical-social origins, employed easily and unnoticeably to reproduce power relations as natural.
Academic text (1993) -
The changes in the room occurred so slowly that they went unnoticeably to the guests.
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She moved unnoticeably through the crowd, blending in with everyone around her.
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The paint was applied unnoticeably, making the old walls look fresh without anyone realizing it.
Synonyms
23
6.3
Hard to see, hear, or remember clearly
7
7.5
So slight that you do not notice it
5
4.7
Without being seen by other people
2
6.5
Without being easily seen or noticed by other people
1
7.4
Without anyone being able to notice it
In a way you cannot see or notice
It happens so slightly that you cannot feel or notice it
In a quiet way that does not get attention
Antonyms
How Noticeable
∞
1.0
881
1.0
30
2.8
47
2.7
7
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
unnoticeably = unnoticeable (transparent) = un + notice + able + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'unnoticeable', a regular derivation.
Etymology
Unnoticeably breaks into un- 'not', notice 'to see or mark', -able 'can be', and -ly 'in a way'. So the word means 'in a way that cannot be seen or noticed', which is why we use it for something that happens without anyone realising it.