perceptively

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Etymology

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English perceptive

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English perceptively

From perceptive + -ly.

Adverb

perceptively (comparative more perceptively, superlative most perceptively)

1. In a perceptive manner.
   • 1997, Guy Claxton, Hare brain, tortoise mind: why intelligence increases when you think less:

     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'.

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