Antonyms for patently

Grammar : Adv

Spell : pat-nt or for 10, 12–15, peyt-; especially British peyt-nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæt nt or for 10, 12–15, ˈpeɪt-; especially British ˈpeɪt nt

Definition of patently

Origin : late 14c., "open letter or document from some authority," shortened form of Anglo-French lettre patent (also in Medieval Latin (litteræ) patentes), literally "open letter" (late 13c.), from Old French patente (see patent (adj.).
The Letters Patent were ... written upon open sheets of parchment, with the Great Seal pendent at the bottom ... [while] the 'Litteræ Clausæ,' or Letters Close, ... being of a more private nature, and addressed to one or two individuals only, were closed or folded up and sealed on the outside. [S.R. Scargill-Bird, "A Guide to the Principal Classes of Documents at the Public Record Office," 1891]
Meaning "a license covering an invention" is from 1580s.

As in markedly : adv distinctly
As in clearly : adv without any doubt
As in evidently : adv apparently, clearly
As in apparently : adv obviously

Example sentences :

The Queen, for patently she was that, bowed graciously at us.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

Nevertheless, his gratitude was well-expressed and patently sincere.
Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter

Yet the man had been frank, straightforward, patently honest.
Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace

Patently he was not the speaker, and patently he has heard nothing.
Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

But "the boys" were not inclined to compromise with a man who was patently in the wrong.
Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.

She had taken her own stand and the world had patently respected it.
Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown

The man was patently the Puritan prisoner, the woman was the chatelaine of Harby.
Extract from : « The Lady of Loyalty House » by Justin Huntly McCarthy

Gordon, patently indignant, replied that the General never bit.
Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer

But the brain behind it was patently jarred and numbed for an instant.
Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst

And secondly, because the Queen is—patently and to all people—proved lewd.'
Extract from : « The Fifth Queen Crowned » by Ford Madox Ford

Synonyms for patently

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