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

This forced the material into a single-domain state that could be measured more clearly.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
This well-balanced and resilient Braves squad is clearly built for a deep postseason run.

— Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of clearly

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Removing them from the list means that insurance companies ultimately may not pay for these two vaccines that are obviously still needed, in view of the data above.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
And those narratives shape public policy, and public policy obviously shapes the material conditions of people's lives.

— Terry Gross, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of obviously

Adverb

Outside of Silicon Valley, there is a tendency to dismiss such prophecies as, at best, patently unserious.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
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

Definition of patently

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Her taramosalata comes streaked with squid ink, and octopus arrives caramelized in petimezi, the grape must syrup that turns up across Cycladic kitchens but tastes distinctly of Tinos here.

— Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Instead of simply replacing entire occupations, AI appears to be quietly reshuffling the value of different jobs, and making some distinctly human roles more important.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of distinctly

Adverb

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

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