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manifestly

/ˈmænəfestli/MA-nuh-fest-lee
/ˈmænəfɛstli/MA-nuh-fest-lee

Meaningin a manifest way

Common meaning: clearly

Other meanings: obviously

Journey through time

  1. Latinmanifestus‘evident’source
  2. Middle Englishmanifestsource
  3. Englishmanifest‘plain to see’
  4. Englishformed in English from manifestmanifestly‘clearly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from manifest + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MANIFEST, p.351 · scan

Source words

  • manifestus Latin · source word “struck by the hand”

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