noticeably
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From noticeable + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adverb
[edit]noticeably (comparative more noticeably, superlative most noticeably)
- (manner) In a noticeable way.
- We all saw it: he paled noticeably.
- (degree) To a detectable degree, sufficient to be noticed.
- It suddenly became noticeably cooler when the sun went behind a cloud.
- 2016, A. A. Gill, Pour Me a Life:
- My best subject was the nature table, because I brought in the shiversome newts with their uterine flanged backs. I was moderately bullied. There were kids more noticeably tormentable than me.
- (modal) In truth and observably.
- Noticeably, what had been merely annoying to her was becoming infuriating.
Synonyms
[edit]- (in a noticeable way): clearly, evidently, plainly; see also Thesaurus:obviously
Translations
[edit]to a detectable degree
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