subliminallyadv.
/ˌsʌbˈlɪmᵻnl̩i/, /ˌsʌbˈlɪmᵻnəli/, /səˈblɪmᵻnl̩i/, /səˈblɪmᵻnəli/, U.S. /səˈblɪmənəli/ In a subliminal manner; below the threshold of sensation or consciousness; without being consciously aware.
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subliminally1892
1892 F. W. H. Myers in Jrnl. Soc. Psychical Res. May 253 It..appears that some kind of secondary personality..still exists subliminally, although the patient has apparently quite recovered her mental balance.
1896 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 30 Apr. 434/2 Perhaps the sort of dazed excitement in which the patients must be..would save them from fully taking in the meaning of what is said unless subliminally.
1920 W. D. Howells Vacation of Kelwyns xv. 116 Emerance got to his feet in the place where Parthenope had all the time been subliminally aware he was sitting.
1963 Observer 7 Apr. 22/2 The way it [sc. a book] is presented, with a cover more than subliminally reminiscent of the Leopard.
1977 J. Gardner Werewolf Trace xxiv. 195 They also had a tape on the video link..which Harvester wanted to play through subliminally while Joseph watched the news.
2005 A. Smith Accidental 111 It is to make the supermarket look more old-fashioned..so that when people go shopping there they feel better about it... It is fiendishly clever how it works. It works subliminally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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