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evidently

  • /ˈɛvɪdəntli/ UK
  • /ˈɛvɪdəntli/ US
  • /ˌɛvɪˈdɛntli/ US

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From Middle English evidently, evydently; equivalent to evident + -ly.

adverb more evidently · most evidently

  1. In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred. The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
  2. obsolete In such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly. The ſame mã ſawe in a vyſion evydently aboute the nynthe houre of the daye the angell of god commynge in vnto hym […]
  3. proscribed Apparently.

Similar: plainly, conspicuously, markedly, vividly

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