Patently

Definition: Patently

Patently

Adverb

1. Unmistakably; "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly' as in "he is plain stubborn").

Date "patently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references)

Synonyms: Patently

Synonyms: apparently (adv), evidently (adv), manifestly (adv), obviously (adv), plain (adv), plainly (adv). (additional references)

Crosswords: Patently

English words defined with "patently": apparently ♦ evidently ♦ manifestly ♦ obviously ♦ plain, plainly. (references)

Specialty definitions using "patently": CDA. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Patently ridiculous! (Gremlins 2: The New Batch; writing credit: Charles S. Haas)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Patently Easy Food Processor Cooking (reference) Patently Female (reference) Patently Female: More Women Inventors and Discoveries (reference) Patently Murder (Magna General Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference) (more book examples)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Human Rights	Malaysia	Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is a political prisoner because he was charged, tried, and convicted in a legal process that was politically motivated and patently unfair. (references)
	Guatemala	Courts sometimes took months to resolve even patently frivolous appeals. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Patently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Patently" is used about 217 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	217	20,530

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Language		Translations for "patently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		qartë (clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, expressly, fairly, it is clear, lucid, neatly, obviously, palpably, plain, plainly, precisely, visibly), haptas (avowedly, fairly, honestly, openly, professedly), dukshëm (distinctly, evidently, perceptibly, visibly). (various references)

Arabic		‏بوضوح (apparently, clear, clearly, distinctly, evidently, fairly, obviously, overtly, plain, plainly, pointedly, sharply, simply, visibly), ‏بجلاء (apparently, clear, clearly, evidently). (various references)

Czech		zjevnì (evidently). (various references)

French		manifestement (palpably), clairement. (various references)

German		offenkundig (clear, manifest, obvious, overt, overtly, transparent). (various references)

Greek		φανερώσ (visibly), ολοφάνερα (clearly). (various references)

Pig Latin		atentlypay

Portuguese		evidentemente (apparently, clear, evil, glaringly, obviously, obviousness, sure), de maneira manifesta, ato de patentear. (various references)

Romanian		limpede (avowedly, bright, clear, crystal, definite, distinct, evident, expressly, fair, honest, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, manifestly, nakedly, obvious, overt, perspicuous, perspicuously, plain, precise, pure, serene, sheer, sure), evident (apparent, apparently, broad, clear, conspicuous, evident, explicit, it must be, manifestly, marked, nakedly, obvious, obviously, palpable, patent, plain, prominent, sightly, visible), clar (apparent, apparently, articulate, banner, bright, broad, clean, clear, clear-cut, clearly, comprehensible, decided, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicit, express, fair, flat, formal, Frank, incisive, legible, level headed, lightsome, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, obviously, palpable, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plainly, precise, pure, serene, simple, sound, tangible, terse, unequivocal, unmistakable). (various references)

Russian		явно (apparently, audibly, decidedly, evidently, explicitly, manifestly, obviously, pointedly, professedly, unmitigatedly, visibly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		očigledno (apparently, evidence: in evidence, evidently, manifestly, obviously). (various references)

Spanish		evidentemente (apparently, evidently, noticeably, obviously, palpably). (various references)

Swedish		uppenbarligen (apparently, confessedly, evidently, obviously, seemingly), tydligen (apparently, clearly, evidently, obviously), klart (clear, clearly, plain). (various references)

Turkish		patentli olarak. (various references)

Ukranian		відкрито (baldly, directly, openly, overtly), очевидно (apparently, audibly, clearly, evidently, it is evident, obviously, overtly, pointedly, questionless, seemingly, transparently). (various references)

Vietnamese		rõ r� nh r� nh mở, rõ r� ng (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, clear-cut, clearly, conspicuous, conspicuously, discriminate, discriminative, explicit, indubitable, limpid, lucid, luculent, manifest, marked, notorious, obvious, open, plain, pronounced, self-apparent, tangible, transparent, visibly, well-marked), hiển nhiên (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, blatant, evident, flagrant, glaring, glaringly, glary, incontrovertible, manifest, naked, notorious, obvious, patent, self-apparent, self-evident, tactile, tangible, visibly, well-marked). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Patently" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: parently, patentcy, pavently. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "patently" (pronounced pa"tuntlē)
6	-t u n t l ē	blatantly, competently, concomitantly, consistently, constantly, exultantly, hesitantly, importantly, inadvertently, incompetently, insistently, instantly, intermittently, militantly, persistently, reluctantly.
5	-u n t l ē	abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, brilliantly, coherently, complacently, concurrently, confidently, consequently, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, imminently, impatiently, imprudently, incessantly, incoherently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insufficiently, intelligently, leniently, magnificently, negligently, obediently, patiently, permanently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently.
4	-n t l ē	bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-n-p-t-t-y"
	-1 letter: aplenty, penalty.
	-2 letters: latent, latten, lyttae, neatly, nettly, patent, patten, pentyl, planet, platen, plenty, talent, tetany.
	-3 letters: aptly, laten, latte, leant, leapt, lepta, lytta, natty, netty, palet, panel, panty, paten, patly, patty, peaty, penal, petal, petty, plane, plant, plate, platy, pleat, plena, tenty, tepal, typal, yenta.
	-4 letters: ante, elan, etna, lane, late, lean, leap, lent, lept, nape, neap, neat, nett, pale, paly, pane, pant, pate, paty, peal, pean, peat, pelt, pent, plan, plat, play, plea, tael, tale, tape, tate, teal, teat, tela, tent, tepa, tyne, type, yean, yelp, yett.
	-5 letters: ale, alp, alt, ane, ant, any, ape, apt, ate, att, aye, eat, eta, lap, lat, lay, lea, let, ley, lye, nae, nap, nay, net, pal, pan, pat, pay, pea, pen, pet, ply, pya, pye, tae, tan, tap, tat, tea, tel, ten, tet, tye, yap, yea, yen, yep, yet.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-n-p-t-t-y"
	+1 letter: patiently.
	+2 letters: petulantly.
	+3 letters: expectantly, impatiently, potentially, repentantly.
	+4 letters: potentiality, tripinnately.
	+5 letters: amitriptyline, anthophyllite, centripetally, conceptuality, importunately, intemperately, patentability, penetrability, penetratingly, penitentially, penultimately, phytoplankter, platyhelminth, pneumatolytic, precipitantly, protuberantly, transparently, unrepentantly.
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