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Definition of Observably
1. Adverb. In a noticeable manner. "He changed noticeably over the years"
Partainyms: Noticeable, Observable, Perceptible
Antonyms: Imperceptibly
Definition of Observably
1. Adverb. (context: degree) To a detectable degree, sufficient to be observed. ¹
2. Adverb. (context: manner) In an observable manner. ¹
3. Adverb. (context: modal) (non-gloss definition Indicates that the proposition can be verified by observation.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Observably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Observably
Literary usage of Observably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"The left nipple in such cases is observably more projecting than the right.
It is said that a contraction or sinking at the epigastrium is sometimes ..."
2. Eminent British Statesmen by James Mackintosh, John Forster, John Macdiarmid, Thomas Peregrine Courtenay (1831)
"... of knighthood should be spoken of by Erasmus, if not as of superior dignity
to so important an office, at least as observably adding to its consequence. ..."
3. A Course in Experimental Psychology by Edmund Clark Sanford (1908)
"After having determined the just observably greater weight, find the one that is
just observably lighter in the same way. ..."
4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1892)
"If all of them seem more than just observably different let him put the
riders (described above) on the one that is next higher and gradually lower the ..."
5. Works by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1838)
"For though the several objects we meet in the world be in general formed according
to observably stated laws ; yet anomalies in nature may occur, ..."
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