VISIBLY Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

visibly

adverb

Definition of visibly

as in outwardly

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Recent Examples of visibly The home itself was visibly falling apart, with debris around the home. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2026 This means the team’s style of play itself will not visibly change without Wilson on the court. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026 According to regulars at the Mavs’ previous six home games before the date with the Pacers, AAC crowds thus far have been visibly not great. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2026 Thayer said the impasse between buyers and sellers is showing up most visibly in closings. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2026 Framed by trees displaying shades of golden yellow, burnt orange, deep red and green, Hyland was visibly surprised and touched when Thrift got down on one knee. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2026 When Doja mentioned to Hudson that these creatures have already visited Earth, the show’s host was visibly creeped out. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2026 Designed to help smooth the appearance of wrinkles while supporting visibly firmer, more resilient skin over time, each mask is infused with approximately one-third of a jar the cream. — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026 After the match, Ascanio was visibly emotional as teammate Melanie Barcenas embraced her. — Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for visibly

Adverb

Amid the turmoil of mass student protests in the streets of Belgrade, two young people are bonded by a rash act of rebellion, despite their outwardly incompatible ideologies.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026
And the search for the more outwardly romantic Dashwood was ongoing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of outwardly

Adverb

The near-deadlock was partly produced because voters, apparently weary of New Zealand's economic woes and apathetic about both Luxon and Hipkins, chose to propel a new entrant group to Parliament for the first time in years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
But for Mao, the occasional allergic reaction is apparently a small price to pay for some quality cat time.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of apparently

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

Advertisement This is especially true for people, like me, with invisible disabilities—impairment that isn’t externally obvious—and people with dynamic disabilities, whose symptoms change from day to day.

— Nicole Clark, Time, 8 Nov. 2026
Sensitive data should stay in the company’s environment whenever possible, with only the metadata or security findings needed by the provider shared externally.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of externally

Adverb

In Germany, though, Musk has been a conspicuous ally of the far-right, urging Germans to move on from their guilt over the Nazi past while sounding alarms about the perils that immigrants supposedly present to white Europeans.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
By welcoming supposedly free technology from China, the United States and its allies have unwittingly invited countless foreign agents to their shores.

— Tal Feldman, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of supposedly

Adverb

The skatepark, architecturally inspired by famous skate spots across the British capital, has ostensibly been a major hit.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Beyond mashups, how should a model like Claude ensure there’s a difference between a direct re-creation of Tetris (ostensibly disallowed by the new prompt) and a mere game in the Tetris genre (ostensibly allowed by the prompt)?

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of ostensibly

Adverb

Even after Cope clanked both, rookie coach Eric Laut – an assistant at Utah State under Jerrod Calhoun the past two seasons – could have probably iced it by having the Texans team intentionally foul USD.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
But with Great America’s latest corporate owner, Six Flags, struggling financially after its merger with Cedar Fair, there have been clear signs that the park probably was going to close sooner rather than later.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026

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