perceptually
- adverb
- /pərˈsɛpʧuəli/
- Specialized
- The perceptually focused intervention directed students to read words with abstract meanings and complete cloze exercises.
- perceptually differentiate
- perceptually accurate speech
- perceptually isolated regions
Like the information we're given is shorter, but it's perceptually longer to him.
- Like the information we're given is shorter, but it's perceptually longer to him.
Examples
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The software helps users see data in a way that is perceptually easier to understand and analyze.
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The text in these signs is often too brief to present multiple lines that are perceptually difficult to separate.
Academic text (2005) -
Like the information we're given is shorter, but it's perceptually longer to him.
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If you look at this sequence, it's more perceptually similar to the habituation sequence than this one is.
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While experiencing VR, users believe they are both physically and perceptually inside the computer-generated image.
Academic text (1997) -
In Study A, the students with linguistic-type dyslexia did no better in linguistically focused training than in perceptually focused training.
Academic text (2013) -
Useful acoustic descriptions should also differentiate perceptually acceptable fricatives from misarticulations.
Academic text (2013) -
Differences in VOT are perceptually essential to discriminate between voiced and voiceless stop consonants.
Academic text (2012) -
The new sound system makes music perceptually richer, creating a surround effect that immerses the listener.
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In the painting, colors are perceptually blended, making the scene appear more lifelike and dynamic.
Synonyms
You can easily notice it
In a way that affects your senses like sight or touch
Surface Forms
Morphology
perceptually = perceptual (semi-transparent) = percept + ual + ly
Formed regularly by adding '-ly' to 'perceptual', but 'percept-' is relatively technical and may not be familiar to intermediate learners.
Etymology
Perceptually comes from the word perceive and the related word perception, which mean 'to notice' or 'to take in' with your senses. So, perceptually means 'in a way that you notice or sense', for example how colours or shapes look to someone.