Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manifest manner; clearly; evidently; plainly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a manifest manner; obviously; evidently; clearly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
manifest manner;obviously .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the legal uncertainty over the term manifestly intended makes the bill's coverage so broad that it could even cover the open-source Web server Apache, which hosts over 60% of Web sites, opponents of the bill say.
Archive 2006-04-01 Claire 2006
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But the legal uncertainty over the term manifestly intended makes the bill's coverage so broad that it could even cover the open-source Web server Apache, which hosts over 60% of Web sites, opponents of the bill say.
French bill casts chill on open-source Claire 2006
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As the value of the label manifestly depends upon the trade it entices, the unions are careful to emphasize the sanitary conditions and good workmanship which a label represents.
The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners Samuel Peter Orth 1897
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Their neighbours, the Egyptians, included them all under a single ethnic name, speaking of them as Kashi or Kushi -- a term manifestly identical with the Cush or Cushi of the Hebrews.
Ancient Egypt George Rawlinson 1857
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It isn't a nice day ... it manifestly is not a good morning so clearly he is trying to put me off guard and ...
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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As Justice Harlan observed in Poe, The right of privacy most manifestly is not an absolute.
'Trivial Complaints:' The Role of Privacy in Domestic Violence Law and Activism in the U.S. 2008
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It manifestly is free, and whether it is “appropriate” is going to be a hard fought question.
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"However, it's important to point out that the great majority of reputable religious people and theologians do believe in evolution so there manifestly is not, as a matter of fact, a contradiction if you look at people's opinions …"
Atheists Speak Out 2005
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Instead of concocting tunes for the other guy to chase, why not let him go first, as Hammerstein manifestly preferred, and see what that brings out in me?
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Instead of concocting tunes for the other guy to chase, why not let him go first, as Hammerstein manifestly preferred, and see what that brings out in me?
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