conspicuously

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
28
Letters
13

Definition of conspicuously

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a conspicuous manner; noticeably.
    “[…] and so conspicuously did the excellence of this man appear, in preacing the gospel with courage and resolution, and in confirming his doctrine by the miracles which he wrought, that […]”
    “The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.”
    “Women enjoy being pursued, but men still don’t! They don’t want anything that seems too easy to win. If the woman takes the initiative—at least if she takes it conspicuously—the world will think her aggressive, and unladylike.”
    “(Even a comedy like Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune [1999], which conspicuously lacks a redneck criminal, features a fair-minded, unracist Mississippi sheriff, played by Ned Beatty.)”
    “The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From conspicuous + -ly.

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