1. in a beginning or early stage; just starting to develop or appear
Usage: formal

Examples

• The disease was incipiently present but not yet detectable.
• She noticed the incipiently gray hairs at her temples.
• The revolution was incipiently forming among the students.
• The company’s problems were incipiently visible to careful observers.
• His talent was incipiently apparent even in childhood.
• The storm clouds were incipiently gathering on the horizon.