INVISIBLY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

invisibly

adverb

as in imperceptibly

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Recent Examples of invisibly There was a Bluetooth speaker on the ground connected invisibly to somebody’s phone, and, around halfway through the hang, the speaker started playing song after song by Drake. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026 But DellaPosta’s work also shows that political preferences may influence decisions about having children not because there’s something Republican about having kids, but because political affiliation invisibly guides how people live their life. — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 So on whom, exactly, will ICE use this device designed to deliver pain invisibly? — Arlene Marcus, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026 The military is nothing if not secretive, and all of this work could be done in the dark—much the way the Manhattan Project, which developed the world’s first nuclear weapons, operated silently, invisibly, from June 1942 to August 1947. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 Effective communication should be honest, consistent, and rooted in core values, acknowledging that many boycotts occur invisibly through personal networks, not just public channels. — Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Just because SynthID seems solid right now doesn’t mean all attempts to invisibly label AI content will work. — ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 What can stranded shoes, toys, or fragments of plastic tell us that their counterparts still moving invisibly through global trade cannot? — Alexander Klose, Scientific American, 24 July 2026 All the tempestuous hormones and emotions and urges invisibly flashing across their own bodies like a rippling second skin. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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The eggs are drizzled, almost imperceptibly, with honey that gives the dish fabulous depth.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Inflammation triggered by obesity gums up these actions, causing both blood sugar and cholesterol levels to rise silently, gradually, and imperceptibly, causing harm.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of imperceptibly

Adverb

The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Its standout feature is its hyper-deformable wheels, minutely structured from silicone, composite, and stainless steel, which create a soft, enlarged contact surface with the terrain.

— Tim Barber, Wired News, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of minutely

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The only natural safeguard your body has against UV light is a microscopically thin layer of a pigment called melanin in your epidermis.

— Guy German, The Conversation, 18 June 2026
Coming up with materials that will do that work is actually the easy part; turning them into the microscopically-thin film of a solar sail is the real challenge.

— Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of microscopically

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Some come so quickly that there’s barely time to process how they were accomplished.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Azurá Stevens, the franchise’s marquee signing worth just over $1 million a year, barely cracked a 10-point average while missing nearly a quarter of the season due to injuries and personal concerns.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of barely

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Lastly, but not at all insignificantly (as the project was his first breakthrough in the city), there’s the Condé Nast Cafeteria in Times Square.

— Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
While these might seem insignificantly small compared to the average density, gravitation causes the overdense regions to grow and attract matter into them over time, while the underdense regions similarly give up their matter to their more dense surroundings.

— Big Think, Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of insignificantly

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The underlying problem was an intestinal condition that doctors can fix with a routine, minimally invasive surgery, experts who reviewed Malone’s death records said.

— Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
Treatments range from minimally invasive procedures like Botox and laser therapy, to surgical interventions like chest masculinization and liposuction.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of minimally

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The company used this speed advantage (and, later, similar ones) to profit from infinitesimally brief pricing differences between exchanges, all while fulfilling clients’ orders to buy and sell on those exchanges.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Even then, an opponent might be infinitesimally more precise.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026

Definition of infinitesimally

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