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

Yet the reporting does not clearly distinguish between regional conditions that increase risk and findings establishing why these buildings developed mold.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The authors acknowledge the tax code doesn’t clearly define wagering, and neither courts nor the IRS have stated a position on whether sports event contracts count as wagers under tax law.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of clearly

Adverb

For the site of their hard launch, the odd couple chose Perfecting Church, a Black church in Detroit, evidently seeking to exploit the aura of social justice implicit in the Black faith tradition.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Then came the evidently now-obligatory Harrison Butker missed field goal, and a nearly instant Denver touchdown to take the lead.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of evidently

Adverb

The Lilliputians are as small-minded as their size and conduct querulous, violent debates about which end of an egg to crack (so obviously similar to the theological complexities of Swift’s own day).

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026
And though game days at the Bounce House obviously draw locals to the stadium, Devaney’s is a regular stop once the action on the field is over.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of obviously

Adverb

McBride said the mechanisms of extradition have been patently unfair to his clients.

— Juliette Arcodia, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
Attorneys with Howard Cooper, Todd & Weld, the law firm representing Patrick Clancy, are calling statements like that patently false and defamatory, warning of the real-life consequences making such claims can have.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of patently

Adverb

Industry expectations are distinctly low for the Japanese government’s ambitious plans to support overseas sales of domestic content.

— Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
This distinctly North Korean punishment, used especially to discipline and defenestrate high officials, strips a person of office and sends him to perform physical labor and political reeducation, often in the countryside.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of distinctly

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The absence of Karoline Vitto — who bolstered the curve representation last season in London — was palpably felt.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026
Rustling and droning tape effects from Frye, subtle enough to be nearly subliminal but still somehow palpably present, act as a binding agent on every track, blurring tones and connecting rhythms.

— Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of palpably

Adverb

That little girl was apparently perfectly built for fraud, somehow, and found the perfect environment in Silicon Valley, where exaggeration and outright lying were de rigueur.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
Just before the second half began, a number of fans were given transgender pride flags, apparently in an effort to obstruct other spectators' view of the banner and XX-XY supporters.

— Matt Calkins , Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

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