detect
verb (used with object)
to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act.
undetectably
-
a word derived from
detect.
Example Sentences
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When the bite of an Anopheles mosquito introduces Plasmodium into the human bloodstream, the parasites travel to the liver, where they lurk undetectably and mature for a period ranging from weeks to a year.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2024
“At first, it’s going to change the water minimally, maybe undetectably, but add enough drops and the water is going to change color.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Granted, her sleights of hand may initially not have been undetectably smooth at every turn, but she honed them rapidly, enchanting more and more followers.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2021
Because ultraviolet light and microbes break whale shark eDNA into undetectably small pieces within only a few days, their samples likely traced whale sharks that had passed by recently.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2016
It showed her a woman who would not steal, unless she could do so undetectably; a woman who would not forge, because she did not know how.
From The Paliser case by Edgar Saltus
