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Appreciably

Appreciable \Ap*pre"ci*a*ble\, a. [Cf. F. appr['e]ciable.] Capable of being appreciated or estimated; large enough to be estimated; perceptible; as, an appreciable quantity. -- Ap*pre"ci*a*bly, adv.

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appreciably

adv. In an appreciable manner

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appreciably

adv. to a noticeable degree; "they weather was appreciably colder"

Usage examples of "appreciably".

Secondly, the effect produced upon Turkey by our being able to add two divisions to the forces already mentioned in the Staff conversations, thus appreciably increasing the chances of influencing Turkish action.

Shareem stopped at the elbow of a man who looked appreciably older than the rest of the Vrya.

Nonetheless, he showed no interest now to live as Franklin and Adams did in semirural retreat outside Paris, where the panoramic views over the Seine were more like what he was accustomed to at home, and where the rent was appreciably less.

Roskild was the northeasternmost port that Britain could claim, and her influence did not extend appreciably far beyond it: as Wessex had said, the princess had vanished in Danish waters, for what that was worth.

There were aviators going and coming all the time, and surely many of them did not excel him appreciably in talents.

Although there was an enormous amount of activity connected with the event, nonrelated routine inputs did not slow down appreciably.

Again, this is not to suggest that we should ignore these threats, only that the risk is appreciably less than with a nuclear weapon, which only has to be near enough people when it is detonated to kill millions.

At all events, it had long been felt that the natural sciences would be appreciably dignified by a dose of classical renaming, so there was a certain dismay in discovering that the self-appointed Prince of Botany had sprinkled his texts with such designations as Clitoria, Fornicata, and Vulva.

But that was only twenty thousand years ago, a minuscule fraction of the time it would take for the scene in front of me to change appreciably.

At all events, it had long been felt that the natural sciences would be appreciably dignified by a dose of classical renaming, so there was a certain dismay in discovering that the self-appointed Prince of Botany had sprinkled his texts with such designations asClitoria, Fornicata, andVulva.

Experimentally hoisting it onto his shoulder that morning, Richard thought that his retch of pain was, in retrospect, detectably quieter: appreciably more subdued.

When the discomfort ceases, or even when it appreciably diminishes, we have sensations possessing a property which we call PLEASURE.

I didn't add appreciably to the heating bills, on the water, although of course I did bathe and wash, and my clothes had to be put into the automatic washer.

The cash price of hemp had obviously dropped appreciably in the last few minutes.

Man's brain had not evolved appreciably since he achieved competent verbal communication because there had no longer been a competitive advantage in higher intelligence.