Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an observable, noticeable, or noteworthy manner; remarkably.
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- adverb degree To a detectable degree, sufficient to be observed.
- adverb manner In an
observable manner. - adverb modal Indicates that the proposition can be verified by observation.
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- adverb in a noticeable manner
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Examples
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The report even shrugs off the liberal obsession with media ownership rules and the observably false notion that consolidation has led to media conformity.
The FCC's Good Deed 2011
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We see this trait evidenced by primates and monkeys in lab studies: when offered grapes under two different conditions, one slightly more cumbersome than the other, a capuchin monkey will quite observably make a doubtful evaluation about the grapes with more strings attached.
Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman: Does Religion Make Your Brain Happy? An Interview With Science Writer David DiSalvo Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman 2011
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He has found that when a brain has an experience, each aspect of it is separately—and observably—represented.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Much bad policy, both here and abroad, has been based on the idea that the American version of capitalism is observably superior.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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The report even shrugs off the liberal obsession with media ownership rules and the observably false notion that consolidation has led to media conformity.
The FCC's Good Deed 2011
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He has found that when a brain has an experience, each aspect of it is separately—and observably—represented.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Self-destructive adolescent behaviors are observably infectious and have periods of vogue.
Darkness Too Visible Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011
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Much bad policy, both here and abroad, has been based on the idea that the American version of capitalism is observably superior.
Ian Fletcher: A Review of Ha-Joon Chang's 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism Ian Fletcher 2011
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Absolute fidelity in elements of DNA close to coding elements that are observably 'normal' in their accumulation of SNPs and such mutations indicates that something is maintaining those elements perfectly.
Controlled Pathways 2008
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And what new structures or functions has evolution observably produced?
Assessing Causality 2008
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