Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a transparent manner; so as to be seen through; clearly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb in a transparent manner; with nothing hidden.
  • adverb manner So as to admit light without distortion.
  • adverb modal So as to be readily perceived and understood.

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

  • adverb so as to be easily understood or seen through
  • adverb so as to allow the passage of light

Etymologies

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transparent +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • You can engage in transparently shittly legal argument and still be “ethical.”

    Matthew Yglesias » The Yoo and Bybee Rulings 2010

  • As may already have become obvious, I move in transparently clunking ways.

    Which Boffin To Buy Newmania 2007

  • Rohe was valiant alright but once she sat down her expression transparently traced every modulation of her reactions to the rest of the proceedings – which was kinda bad, a little too “Not Without My Daughter” if you will.

    Firedoglake » McCain Gets an Earful 2006

  • Communities "transparently" - something she claimed her peers did not do.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The calendar itself is a pretty clean-looking affair, with a white background and the month name transparently embedded in the background.

    What’s New In The Windows Live Wave Betas | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • The calendar itself is a pretty clean-looking affair, with a white background and the month name transparently embedded in the background.

    What’s New In The Windows Live Wave Betas | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • During is Feb. 15 broadcast, the man commonly credited as the strongest voice in the Republican party spun his reality-bending spiel after suggesting that big-box retail chain Walmart lobbies Washington lawmakers to keep Obama from "nationalizing" them -- a statement that, if not a joke, can only be characterized as transparently false.

    Raw Story 2010

  • During is Feb. 15 broadcast, the man commonly credited as the strongest voice in the Republican party spun his reality-bending spiel after suggesting that big-box retail chain Walmart lobbies Washington lawmakers to keep Obama from "nationalizing" them -- a statement that, if not a joke, can only be characterized as transparently false.

    Best of the Blogs Terry Canaan 2010

  • The calendar itself is a pretty clean-looking affair, with a white background and the month name transparently embedded in the background.

    Daily DIY 2008

  • ;;; routine calls (ai_trans) if it can be called transparently or

    All Discussion Groups: Message List - root 2010

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