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MANIFESTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly')
Example:
he is plain stubborn
Synonyms:
apparently; evidently; manifestly; obviously; patently; plain; plainly
Classified under:
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Pertainym:
manifest (clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment)
Context examples:
He was spreading out his sugar, which he had saved, in the window, and was manifestly beginning his fly-catching again; and beginning it cheerfully and with a good grace.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The loop it makes is manifestly as close to Dracula's castle as can be got by water.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Van Helsing, instead of his little black bag, had with him a long leather one, something like a cricketing bag; it was manifestly of fair weight.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
This was manifestly a prig of the first water, and there was no use arguing with him.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It is strange to me to be kept in the dark as I am to-day; after Jonathan's full confidence for so many years, to see him manifestly avoid certain matters, and those the most vital of all.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The roof was broken, and in two places were steps leading to vaults, but the ground had recently been dug over, and the earth placed in great wooden boxes, manifestly those which had been brought by the Slovaks.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
On looking at it I found in certain places little rings marked, and on examining these I noticed that one was near London on the east side, manifestly where his new estate was situated; the other two were Exeter, and Whitby on the Yorkshire coast.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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