per·cep·tive

(pər-sĕp′tĭv)

adj.

1. Of or relating to perception: perceptive faculties.

a. Having the ability to perceive; keen in discernment.

b. Marked by discernment and understanding; sensitive.

per·cep′tive·ly adv.

per′cep·tiv′i·ty (pûr′sĕp-tĭv′ĭ-tē), per·cep′tive·ness n.

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Adv.

perceptively - in a perceptive manner

Translations

بإدْراك، بإحْساس

vnímavě

intelligent

nyitottan

af skarpskyggni

våkent

vnímavo

anlaşılır biçimde

有洞察力地有理解力地

perceptively

[pə^rˈsɛptɪvli] adv [say, write] → avec perspicacité

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

perceptively

adv say, remark, write → scharfsinnig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

perceptively

[pəˈsɛptɪvlɪ] adv → acutamente, con perspicacia

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

perception

(pəˈsepʃən) noun

the ability to see, understand etc clearly. a man of great perception.

perˈceptive (-tiv) adjective

able to see, understand etc clearly. a very perceptive man.

perˈceptively adverb

perˈceptiveness noun

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The depiction of figures ranging in age and social role in Numantia, and the self-sacrifice of the heroic child Bariato in particular, is perceptively discussed in light of Raphael's The Fire in the Borgo.

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A riot in Harlem was directed against Jewish merchants in 1935, and James Baldwin began writing perceptively about the complexities of the problem in Commentary in 1948.

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