manifestly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈmænəfɛstli/ UK /ˈmænɪfɛstli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a way that is clear or obvious to the mind or eye

The plan was manifestly absurd from the outset.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a way that is clear or... clearly obviously evidently plainly patently apparently unmistakably

Opposites

obscurely ambiguously doubtfully

Word family

Related forms manifest manifestation manifesto

Etymology

From manifest + -ly. Manifest is from Latin manifestus ('clear, evident, caught in the act'), perhaps from manus ('hand') + -festus ('struck, seized').

manifestus Latin manus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# manifestly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈmænəfɛstli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmænɪfɛstli/

## Meanings
1. in a way that is clear or obvious to the mind or eye

## Examples
- The plan was manifestly absurd from the outset.

## Synonyms
- clearly
- obviously
- evidently
- plainly
- patently
- apparently
- unmistakably

## Antonyms
- obscurely
- ambiguously
- doubtfully

## Related Forms
- manifest
- manifestation
- manifesto

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: manifestus
- Root: manus

## Etymology
From manifest + -ly. Manifest is from Latin manifestus ('clear, evident, caught in the act'), perhaps from manus ('hand') + -festus ('struck, seized').

## AI Etymology
Manifestly is from manifest + -ly. Manifest is from Latin manifestus ('clear, evident, caught in the act'), perhaps from manus ('hand') + -festus ('struck, seized'). Important recorded forms include manifestus (Latin) and manus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers in a way that is clear or obvious to the mind or eye. The wider family includes related words such as manifest, manifestation, and manifesto.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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