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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a conspicuous manner, Obviously; prominently; in a manner to catch the eye or the attention.
- Eminently; remarkably.
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- adverb In a
conspicuous manner;noticeably .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a prominent way
- adverb in a manner tending to attract attention
Etymologies
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Examples
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Without missing a beat, the taller man handed Dickie a beer (apparently it was not too early to drink), and began challenging his opponent to distinguish between the genuine ascetic and what he termed the conspicuously nonconsuming -poverty snob.
Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003
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Also, on desk, conspicuously, is a heavy dispatch box.
THEFT 2010
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Hough introduces Sarwar Khan in conspicuously unfavorable terms as follows:
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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In a campaign that has had a lot of talk about religion getting an awful lot of play, there's a word conspicuously absent from all of the Web sites of the candidates.
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Confederates, who, in his opinion, did not number over 50,000 [834], had again brought his name conspicuously before the country.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi found his name conspicuously absent from the list of invitees.
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Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee head Suresh Kalmadi found his name conspicuously absent from the list of invitees.
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Schelling's rhetoric is once again conspicuously affective: human beings "never gain control" of their dark nature, he writes: "This is the sadness which inheres to all finite life [...]
Mourning Becomes Theory: Schelling and the Absent Body of Philosophy 2000
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One name conspicuously absent from that short list: State Senator James Meeks.
Chicago Mayor Race: James Meeks Isn't 'Consensus Candidate,' But Still Running Will Guzzardi 2010
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One name conspicuously absent from that short list: State Senator James Meeks.
Chicago Mayor Race: James Meeks Isn't 'Consensus Candidate,' But Still Running Will Guzzardi 2010
Related Words
synonyms (90)
Words with the same meaning
- abundantly
- acutely
- amazingly
- amply
- apparently
- arrantly
- astonishingly
- awesomely
- blatantly
- boldly
- celebratedly
- clearly
- consequentially
- copiously
- definitely
- discernibly
- distinctly
- eminently
- emphatically
- evidently
- exceptionally
- exquisitely
- extraordinarily
- exuberantly
- famously
- flagrantly
- generously
- glaringly
- gloriously
- grandly
- greatly
- importantly
- impressively
- incredibly
- intensely
- magically
- magnanimously
- magnificently
- manifestly
- markedly
- marvelously
- materially
- momentously
- nobly
- notably
- notedly
- noticeably
- notoriously
- observably
- obtrusively
- obviously
- ostensibly
- outstandingly
- particularly
- patently
- peculiarly
- perceivably
- perceptibly
- plainly
- pointedly
- popularly
- preeminently
- profusely
- prominently
- pronouncedly
- recognizably
- remarkably
- richly
- saliently
- seeably
- signally
- significantly
- singularly
- splendidly
- staringly
- starkly
- strikingly
- superlatively
- surpassingly
- surprisingly
- uncommonly
- unconcealedly
- undisguisedly
- unmistakably
- unusually
- visibly
- with clarity
- wonderfully
- wondrous
- worthily
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