MANIFESTLY Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

manifestly

adverb

Definition of manifestly

as in clearly

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Recent Examples of manifestly What frightens scientists more than the sheer numbers are that the cuts are arbitrary and manifestly pernicious. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026 These remarks are manifestly silly, but the conversation ranges into darker territory. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026 The reality is, that is not manifestly true. — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 This paternalistic screening is manifestly also a form of censorship, for censors are censors whether their motivations are noble or base. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 Overall in tennis, including the four majors, prize money amounts to only around a quarter of the revenues generated at the tournaments, which the PTPA argues is manifestly unfair — compared to about 50 percent in some leading team sports. — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026 Calling them weak is manifestly true, but not great diplomacy. — Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025 This is most manifestly true for the Palestinian society in Gaza shattered by two years of war. — Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2025 The same framework also imposes a duty to refuse orders that are manifestly unlawful—the kind any person of ordinary understanding would recognize as criminal. — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for manifestly

Adverb

The video clearly showed the forward had dived after a tackle from Leandro Paredes.

— The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Paramount already offered concessions to Bonta to avert a lawsuit, but Bonta and his counterparts clearly wanted more.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of clearly

Adverb

Ironically, the comments that evidently angered Adebayo stem from screenshots of an Instagram direct message conversation shared on X in recent days that show a profile seemingly run by Herro showing some resentment toward Adebayo.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
The Cubs evidently see enough upside in the former Rays left-hander to give him another opportunity, hoping his ability to provide length can eventually translate into value at the big league level.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of evidently

Adverb

The Islay Rum Distillery certainly stands out as being the only rum producer on Islay, but there are other rum distilleries in Scotland, a country that is obviously much more associated with whisky.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 July 2026
Its power obviously comes from the tragedy at its heart but also from the many-faced, forever-questioning thing McElwee makes of it.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Definition of obviously

Adverb

To eject him not only from the match for an action that merited a yellow card at most, but to disqualify him from the next match as well, was patently unjust.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2026
There is perhaps nothing more patently absurd in modern corporate governance than a box-checking proxy adviser recommending against a wildly outperforming enterprise just to satisfy a theoretical checklist.

— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026

Definition of patently

Adverb

That balance is what makes the restaurant feel distinctly Harlem in the summer.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
There’s an emerging consensus right now, particularly among AI skeptics, that the most distinctly human qualities are emotion, intuition, the ability to sense and feel.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Definition of distinctly

Adverb

If the image is genuine and already halfway around Reddit, there is nothing left to hide and everything to lose by acting otherwise, so the honest move is to name what happened plainly and let the daylight do its work.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Jerry Klein, chief veterinarian at the American Kennel Club, put it plainly in an interview with Wirecutter.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of plainly

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And yet, Lestat is so palpably alive, which makes the vocal hardening all the more affecting.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
The stakes are consistently, palpably high in a story about love that is forbidden in the most literal, systemic sense — and felt in brief, ecstatic moments of release.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 July 2026

Definition of palpably

Adverb

Bellingham was apparently wearing blood flow restriction shorts.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
Plans for a data center in Henderson County are apparently on hold for now after the developer did not provide justification for a request to pull a maximum of nearly 2 billion gallons of water a year from Cedar Creek Lake.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2026

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