Lexic.us

Definition of Conspicuously

1. Adverb. In a manner tending to attract attention. "There have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place"

2. Adverb. In a prominent way. "The new car was prominently displayed in the driveway"

Definition of Conspicuously

1. Adverb. In a conspicuous manner; noticeably. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Conspicuously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Conspicuously

consortship consortships conspecific conspecificity conspecifics conspectus conspectuses conspersion conspersions conspicious

conspicuities conspicuity conspicuous conspicuous consumer conspicuous consumption conspicuously (current term) conspicuousness conspiracies conspiracism conspiracist

conspiracists conspiracy conspiracy of silence conspiracy theories conspiracy theorist conspiracy theorists conspiracy theory conspirancy conspirant conspiration

Literary usage of Conspicuously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"had conspicuously that transcendent capacity for taking trouble which Carlyle describes as the quality of genius. Still it did not "come naturally" to him ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"In this volume Mr. Fiske's powers are especially tested, and his success in a great task conspicuously shown. The study which he makes of the characters of ..."

3. Gray's New Manual of Botany: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of by Asa Gray, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1908)
"Leaves conspicuously clasping, the auricles generally Leaves slightly or Inconspicuously clasping . Bracts linear-attenuate, thin, with elender green or ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
""When that time arrives, the paleontologist will be able to render even more conspicuously valuable services that he has done in the past. WB SCOTT. ..."

5. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin (1871)
"... of beauty in the Birds of the World — Protective colouring — conspicuously-coloured birds — Novelty appreciated — Summary of the four chapters on Birds. ..."

6. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"... colouring — conspicuously- coloured birds— Novelty appreciated — Summary of the four chapters on WE must now consider the transmission of characters, ..."

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