The group comprehends those birds which have the base of the bill denuded of feathers, the nostrils mere slots, in which the opening is scarcely perceptible; the skin of the throat more or less capable of distension; the tongue small.
Its aerial movements are rapid and direct, but weakly maintained, being performed by a series of quick, jerking beats of the wings, generally close to the surface: the action of the wings is so rapid as to be scarcely perceptible.
Moreover, this conscientious distinctness is just the same in the foreground as in the extreme background, where, according to the laws of optics, things should be scarcely perceptible.
She went on therefore with her occupation of cutting bread and butter for the children with no sign of annoyance save that slight, scarcely perceptible stiffening of the neck which only Gracie saw.
A faint grey glimmer, scarcely perceptible, came down from a mist-veiled sky.
Madame," said the Vicomte, after a scarcely perceptible pause, "I await my opportunity and your kindness.
Well, perhaps you are," said Mr. Brent, conveying to Honora his delight in the situation by a scarcely perceptible wink.
In spite of himself, the marquis remained an instant in the place which he occupied; his eyes firmly fixed on the curtain, the folds of which still preserved a scarcely perceptible vibration.
Siswani's disfigured body responded to the stroke with a scarcely perceptible shudder; a faint sigh escaped the distorted lips; and the victim's sufferings were at an end.
The boats, however, were doing their work splendidly, despite the wind and the sea; and although the tendency of the weather was undoubtedly to grow worse rather than better, the change was so gradual at first as to be scarcely perceptible.
Presently there was a scarcely perceptible click, as of a door closing, and Brother Andrew came from the direction of the Superior's room.
There was a nervous tremor of the lip, a scarcely perceptible curl of it, and then she began.
There was a slight tremor, a scarcely perceptible twitching of the lip, and then she bore her honours as if she had been born to them.
As the day wore on, the thin, scarcely perceptible veil of vapour that had dimmed the richness of the sky tints in the early morning gradually thickened and seemed to be assuming somewhat of a distinctness of shape.
The cavalier, with a scarcely perceptible motion of the hand, backed his horse gradually to the foot of the hillock, with his head always turned in the direction of the forest, like a vidette who retires before a superior force.
The smile was faint, scarcely perceptible, and in spite of the smile the stern expression of the eyes was unchanged.
Moving into the middle of the table a portfolio of papers, with a scarcely perceptible smile of self-satisfaction, he took a pencil from a rack and plunged into the perusal of a complex report relating to the present complication.
Her pulse," he added, "is scarcely perceptible, and you hear how very feeble her voice is.
Thus the decomposition of saccharine liquids, which is the consequence of the life of fungi without air, is scarcely perceptible, and so is of no practical importance.
The heavy drapery over the door parted, and a retainer entered softly, standing with his back to the curtain until a scarcely perceptible motion of the Archbishop's head permitted him to advance.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scarcely perceptible" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
