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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]

Merriam Webster's

adverb see patent I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Patently Pat"ent*ly (?; see Patent, a.), adv. Openly; evidently.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see patent

Moby Thesaurus

actually, apparently, assuredly, certainly, clearly, conspicuously, decidedly, definitely, demonstrably, discernibly, distinctly, evidently, explicitly, expressly, for a certainty, for real, glaringly, in all conscience, indeed, indubitably, manifestly, markedly, noticeably, observably, obviously, palpably, perceivably, perceptibly, plainly, positively, prominently, pronouncedly, quite, really, recognizably, seeably, sensibly, seriously, staringly, starkly, truly, unambiguously, unconcealedly, undeniably, undisguisedly, unmistakably, verily, visibly, with clarity, without doubt