Discernible

/dɪˈsɝnɪbl̩/ · adjective

Meaning

Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect..

Example Sentences

There is a discernible performance difference between a Porsche and a Civic.

To have demolished and rebuilt the walls, would have been a very costly expedient, and as the least of two evils, the painter's brush was resorted to; here and there however, above some of the windows, the black wreathings of the smoke are still discernible through the white covering.

So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

In 1995, the IPCC declared that the human impact on climate was now “discernible.”

This magnificent picture really stopped me in my tracks when I stumbled across it. I was drawn inexorably and immediately into the compelling detail discernible on this top-quality image.

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• more discernible
• most discernible
• discernable

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