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patently |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Patently \Pat"ent*ly\ (?; see {Patent}, a.), adv Openly; evidently. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: patently adv : unmistakably; "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"; (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly' as in "he is plain stubborn") [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly}, {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]
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