Antonyms for conspicuously

Grammar : Adv

Spell : kuhn-spik-yoo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : kənˈspɪk yu əs

Definition of conspicuously

Origin : 1540s, from Latin conspicuus "visible, open to view, striking," from conspicere "to look at, observe, see, notice," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + specere (see scope (n.1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant ... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."

As in markedly : adv distinctly
As in notably : adv especially
As in loudly : adv audibly
As in clearly : adv without any doubt
As in eminently : adv exceptionally; well
As in especially : adv exceptionally, particularly
As in greatly : adv considerably
As in apparently : adv obviously

Example sentences :

Hobbs had seemed more of the craven type which Stryker graced so conspicuously.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Why, then, have we retired from this field in which we were once conspicuously successful?
Extract from : « Latin America and the United States » by Elihu Root

Among his other lackings Lute was conspicuously short of tact.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

The operation of this peculiar cause is conspicuously plain.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

Where the Duke of Bourbon had failed, Dragut had conspicuously succeeded.
Extract from : « The Story of the Barbary Corsairs » by Stanley Lane-Poole

Now the tall man, the one conspicuously dressed, had been Trencher.
Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb

He conspicuously displayed one of the weapons which had captured the castle.
Extract from : « The Pirates of Ersatz » by Murray Leinster

I want to make good, conspicuously good, at the start—understand?
Extract from : « The Silent Bullet » by Arthur B. Reeve

They are in the fashion; too much in the fashion even to be conspicuously fashionable.
Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton

Hedwig had taken up her position by a window, and was conspicuously silent.
Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for conspicuously

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