patently English

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patently

— adverb (= obviously, evidently, manifestly, apparently, plainly, plain) unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly') the answer is obviously wrong she was in bed and evidently in great pain he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list it is all patently nonsense she has apparently been living here for some time I thought he owned the property, but apparently not You are plainly wrong he is plain stubborn

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patently English » English

obviously

manifestly

evidently

plainly

clearly

apparently

plain

visibly

openly

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Now, that, too, is patently ridiculous.

It should be patently clear that my expeditions to Cramond. are expeditions for enrichment.

He's patently hit on the idea of escape.

Which is patently absurd.

Because you invariably shave yourself and you are patently not due for a haircut for another two weeks.

Patently ridiculous!

But it is very difficult to feel sorry for someone who so patently has brought all this upon himself.

May I remind you, sir that physical violence is patently against the rules!

And if you would, sir, while I know it is your custom, please, kindly refrain from impersonating a lawyer, which you patently are not.

How could you be so stupid and irresponsible as to allow some patently cheap, thieving accountants to defraud you out of a future?

It's patently obvious you don't know that.

That's patently absurd.

My client patently didn't do these murders and you want to put the right man away.

Now, in the case of tall fellas who want to be jockeys, that's patently fucking untrue.

Yeah. How could you be so stupid and irresponsible as to allow some patently cheap, thieving accountants to defraud you out of a future?

She's about to tell her lover something patently untrue.

You know, half the stuff in this notebook is patently wrong.

This is patently offensive.

Patently a fabrication from beginning to end.

This patently isn't even a real.

It's instant absolution is patently absurd!

These allegations against my client are patently false.

You've got a tough job defending a patently unconstitutional search.

Nothing is patently anything until the appeals court says it is, and my job is to preserve a solid murder conviction.

I thought this was the portion of the afternoon where we gave each other patently obvious advice.

And if you would, sir, please kindly refrain from impersonating a lawyer, which you patently are not.

Which would have been patently impossible.

I'm sorry the station spent its money on this nonsense, but this research is patently absurd!

I need more than that. - It's patently disgusting.

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And, while conspiracy theories are often patently irrational, the questions they address are often healthy, even if the answers are frequently unsourced or just plain wrong.

The notion that Liu might be capable of subverting the immense power of the Communist Party of China is patently absurd.

It is by now patently obvious that austerity and domestic reforms are not enough to pull the eurozone's periphery out of deep recession.

For most of the twentieth century, programmers were patently unsuccessful in designing chess computers that could compete with the best humans.

But Israel has officially rejected its basic premises with patently unacceptable caveats and prerequisites.

We must not tolerate a system of nuclear apartheid, in which it is considered legitimate for some states to possess nuclear arms but patently unacceptable for others to seek to acquire them.

Indeed, it is patently clear that people intent on framing military officers authored the documents in question many years later, in 2008 at the earliest.

The view that Greece has not achieved sufficient fiscal consolidation is not just false; it is patently absurd.

Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Chinese history knows that this view was patently false.

But the US has been patently reluctant to accept the help offered by France, Germany and Italy.

How will resources be allocated to care for the elderly, especially in slow-growing economies where existing public pension schemes and old-age health plans are patently unsustainable?

This assumption is patently false.

Now the idea of a political community in any form, of a demos offering all its citizens equality of opportunity, is patently ridiculous.

Both assumptions are patently false.

Alas, central bankers, with their manipulation of interest rates and use of quantitative easing, patently neglect this fact.

This is one of the most commonly stated benefits of financial markets, yet the claim is patently false.