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Pat·ent·ly adv. Openly; evidently.
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patently
adv : unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
`plainly'); "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"; "he is
plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly,
apparently, plainly, plain]