Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a prominent manner; so as to stand out beyond the other parts; eminently; in a striking manner; conspicuously.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a prominent manner.

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  • adverb In a prominent manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a prominent way

Etymologies

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prominent +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Many politicians campaign with the title prominently displayed as part of their name.

    NYT > Home Page By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE 2011

  • Yet many people will conclude, as I initially did, that this is what the product is for, given that its label prominently states that it is antibacterial and is to be used for dishwashing.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Yet many people will conclude, as I initially did, that this is what the product is for, given that its label prominently states that it is antibacterial and is to be used for dishwashing.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Yet many people will conclude, as I initially did, that this is what the product is for, given that its label prominently states that it is antibacterial and is to be used for dishwashing.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Yet many people will conclude, as I initially did, that this is what the product is for, given that its label prominently states that it is antibacterial and is to be used for dishwashing.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Large posters surrounding him displayed this title prominently in English, obviously for the benefit of the international press.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • I was impressed to see a label prominently declaring that these were grown in Sussex, so I need not fear that these were inferior, high-carbon-footprint postmodern continental sprouts.

    Akma 2009

  • What comes across most prominently is an inner grace -- he's believably agreeable, he's not self-conscious, he's considerate of his partner and he's committed to their dance, from the inside out.

    Stars That Truly Dance Sarah Kaufman 2010

  • At the end of the city's major thoroughfares we could observe either the Cerro Grande or the Cerro Coronel, two of the small mountains that sprout up prominently from the city's flat topography like the rounded crowns of great sombreros.

    A quest for hidden treasure in Chihuahua 2009

  • At the end of the city's major thoroughfares we could observe either the Cerro Grande or the Cerro Coronel, two of the small mountains that sprout up prominently from the city's flat topography like the rounded crowns of great sombreros.

    A quest for hidden treasure in Chihuahua 2009

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