manifestlyadv.
/ˈmanᵻfɛstli/, /ˈmanᵻfəstli/, U.S. /ˈmænəˌfɛs(t)li/ 1. Modifying a verb: in a manifest manner. Now rare.
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society > communication > manifestation > [adverb]
outa1398
feelably?a1475
manifestlyc1475
livishly1530
lively1548
demonstratively1571
declaringly1583
exhibitively1611
manifestatively1649
ostensibly1762
ostensively1763
forthrightly1934
society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adverb]
couthlyc900
sutelichec900
openlyOE
witterlyc1175
kithlya1300
witnessfullyc1374
evidentlya1382
plainlya1382
graithc1394
eberlya1400
express14..
manifest1431
patently1441
manifestlyc1475
evident?1520
grossly1526
apparently1533
clear1550
apparent1565
clearly1569
notoriously1589
plain1590
perspicuously1592
perspectively1598
transparently1617
liquidlya1631
visibly1631
obviously1638
fairly1655
perspiculously1661
remarkably1666
squarely1860
c1475 in L. T. Smith Common-place Bk. 15th Cent. (1886) 141 As be dede of þe same W.B. to me late þer-of made manyfestly apperyt.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 6 By the whiche he hath manyfestely shewed vnto them the secretis of the lawe.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v The lymmes..were shewed manyfestly.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 177 Jowis schawis manifestly, yat thai ar oure jnymyes expresse.
1509–10 Act 1 Hen. VIII c. 6 Preamble It is manefestely knowen that..forged informacions have ben pursued.
1578 J. Stockwood Serm. Barthelmew Day 57 By this example manifestly confuted.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 46 Whosoeuer..changeth manifestly, without manifest cause, giueth suspition of corruption.
1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 308 Sometimes the Proposition it selfe of an Oration, or Epistle is not manifestly expressed, but couertly insinuated.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 422 Their cause was manifestly lost.
2. Usually modifying an adjective or adjectival phrase: as is manifest; evidently, unmistakably, openly.
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb]
barelyc950
beforeOE
openlyOE
nakedly?c1225
in a person's bearda1250
opelyc1275
apertly1297
commonlya1325
opena1325
overtlyc1325
pertlya1375
plainc1380
in (also on) opena1382
in apertc1384
plainlyc1390
in open (also general) audiencea1393
aperta1400
in commonaltya1400
outa1400
without laina1400
in commonc1400
publishlyc1400
pertc1410
in publicc1429
on higha1450
in pert1453
to a person's facea1470
into heightc1480
forthward?1504
but hidel?1507
publicly1534
uncolouredly1561
roundly1563
famously1570
vulgarly1602
above board1603
round1604
displayedly1611
on (also upon) the square?1611
undisguisedly1611
broadly1624
discoveredly1659
unveiledly1661
under a person's nose1670
manifestly1711
before faces1762
publically1797
overboard1834
unashamedly1905
upfront1972
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋3 The Design and Transactions of too many Clubs are trifling, and manifestly of no Consequence to the Nation.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. i, in Hist. Wks. (1813) I. 76 The treaty was still so manifestly of advantage to England.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 152 Fear was manifestly getting the better of him.
1934 M. McLuhan Let. 20–1 Oct. (1987) 30 His wife looks..older..because she is manifestly unwell.
1978 M. Cox Structuring Therapeutic Process i. 4 Nothing the patient discloses, fails to disclose, or is manifestly on the brink of disclosing, is unimportant.
1988 New Statesman 3 June 35/2 Careless and manifestly biased journalists..do great damage to the debate about this crucial matter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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