Perceptively

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a perceptive manner.

    "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'."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a perceptive manner wordnet

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"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'."

Etymology

From perceptive + -ly.

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