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Definition of Patently
1. Adverb. Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly'). "He is plain stubborn"
Language type: Colloquialism
Partainyms: Apparent, Evident, Manifest, Obvious, Patent, Plain
Definition of Patently
1. a. Openly; evidently.
Definition of Patently
1. Adverb. In a clear and unambiguous manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patently
1. obviously [adv] - See also: obviously
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patently
Literary usage of Patently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. That Human Being: Leonard Wood by Hermann Hagedorn (1920)
"It is not strange that countless Americans, / angered at the lack of these
qualities in the Administration, should seek to make the man who most patently ..."
2. Mathematical Questions and Solutions, from "The Educational Times", with edited by Constance I Marks (1901)
"+ 1 ; and take, as first dividend, M— m¡. These yield, as quotient and remainder,
Q, and B¡. Since divisors patently composite can be discarded, take, ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... patently by an improper use of the E. s. Pick- thank. PEIL,Ä. "Equal, match
to match;" Gl.Picken, SOV PEEL. ..."
4. Manual of British Botany, Containing the Flowering Plants and Ferns by Charles Cardale Babington (1874)
"patently pilose, prickles short slender conical-compressed declining from a large
dilated compressed base, 1. quinate, lts. doubly and patently dentate or ..."
5. The Flora of British India by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1885)
"Stem stout, striate, patently white-hairy. Leave» 5 by IV in., acuminate at both
... Panicle 6-16 in., divaricate, lax, patently white-hairy ; bracts and ..."
6. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1918)
"Even the stupid thread of story and the vaudeville characters, patently added
... Plays patently constructed for amusement purposes only are more numerous ..."
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