Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner to be discerned; distinguishably; perceptibly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly.
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- adverb In a
discernable manner.
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Examples
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It was the Moroccan spring and the air was discernibly filled with high expectations and, sometimes, extravagant hopes, in a country that has experienced decades of a dreadful dictatorship: namely the Years of Lead.
Global Voices in English » Morocco: A Decade with Mohammed VI 2009
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This time, even in westernised Istanbul, the mood is becoming discernibly more irritable.
Disgracefully, Turkey's EU accession bid is going nowhere soon Martin Kettle 2010
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The keyboard does not discernibly declaim or take the musical lead.
Brad Hill: Salonen Brings Hungarian Echoes to the NY Philharmonic Brad Hill 2011
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"There looks to be a discernibly large class of investor focusing on a return of their money rather than simply a return on their money," he said.
German, French Debt in Demand Emese Bartha 2012
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The keyboard does not discernibly declaim or take the musical lead.
Brad Hill: Salonen Brings Hungarian Echoes to the NY Philharmonic Brad Hill 2011
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You couldn't confuse one with the other - Mudgal was the rounder of the two, with a discernibly soft physicality, while Valli possessed a more athletic, reedlike appearance.
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But the Q5 2.0 T Quattro offered a discernibly quieter and more comfortable ride than that afforded by the considerably more expensive Cayenne S.
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What caused him to halt was a van—a filthy but still discernibly white Transit—that was parked in front of the garage.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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In the grand scheme of things, most resignations from the cabinet don't have a discernibly lasting impact.
Dr Fox is not so rare a beast as Mr Cameron would have us think | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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(In my opinion, if both of these entities were to disappear tomorrow, the arts in America would not be in discernibly worse shape, and their situation might even improve to the extent that the very definition of "the arts" would be less under the control of bureaucrats.)
Art and Culture 2010
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