Dictionary

visibly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪzɪbli/
• /ˈvɪz.ə.bli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English visible Middle English -ly English -ly English visibly From visible + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a visible manner; openly.
   • He was visibly upset while reading the news live on air about the school shooting.
   • The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does. 2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2022:
   • Three years later, the unwatered cactus was still about two feet tall, a dark green color. The watered cactus was a paler green, its trunk visibly swollen with moisture. It had grown to be over five feet tall. 2013, Leslie Morgan Steiner, The Baby Chase:

Forms

Antonyms

invisibly · hiddenly · latently

Synonyms

evidently · plainly · apparently

Translations (25)

lv redzami (in a visible manner) · nl zichtbaar (in a visible manner) · ru заме́тно (in a visible manner) · it visibilmente (in a visible manner) · hu láthatóan (in a visible manner) · de sichtbar (in a visible manner) · es visiblemente (in a visible manner) · ru ви́димо (in a visible manner) · bg ви́димо (in a visible manner) · ja はっきり (in a visible manner) · ca a la vista (in a visible manner) · sa प्रकटम् (in a visible manner) · pt visivelmente (in a visible manner) · ja 瞭然と (in a visible manner) · fr visiblement (in a visible manner) · bg очевидно (in a visible manner) · eo videble (in a visible manner) · ja 目に見えて (in a visible manner) · es a ojos vistas (in a visible manner) · hu szemlátomást (in a visible manner) · ca visiblement (in a visible manner) · ru я́вно (in a visible manner) · gl visiblemente (in a visible manner) · ja 明らかに (in a visible manner) · lv redzams (in a visible manner)