perceptively

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The most important of these was “The Portable Faulkner,” a perceptively organized anthology of novel excerpts and short stories, for Viking Press in 1946.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

You did have somebody like Mark Twain write really perceptively about the hypocrisies of that age.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

As a middle-class hero himself, Singh was expected to deal with Hazare's demands more perceptively.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2024

I think it earns just about all of them, given how gradually and perceptively it tracks its characters’ journey, as friends and individuals.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2022

He laughed quietly, his sunken, shrewd eyes sparkling perceptively with a cynical and wanton enjoyment.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller