demonstrably

[ dih-mon-struh-blee ]

/ dɪˈmɒn strə bli /

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adverb

in a way that can be demonstrated or proved: Privatization may be good for the government contractors who profit, but it's demonstrably less efficient in sectors like health care.

very evidently; obviously: Earlier in the game, the wide receiver was demonstrably agitated about not getting the ball enough.

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Origin of demonstrably

demonstrab(le) + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM demonstrably

non·de·mon·stra·bly, adverbun·de·mon·stra·bly, adverb

Words nearby demonstrably

demonolater, demonolatry, demonology, Demon Star, demonstrable, demonstrably, demonstrant, demonstrate, demonstration, demonstration model, demonstrative

How to use demonstrably in a sentence

Readers learn in sometimes fulsome detail about the limits of “heroic medicine” — the delivery of treatments that had demonstrable effects.
Determined to practice medicine, two sisters defied conventions|Janet Golden|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
ESPN reported the dip had a “demonstrable effect” on his free agent market before he landed with the Nationals.
Brad Hand thrived with lower velocity in 2020. With the Nats, he wants to bring back the heat.|Jesse Dougherty|January 26, 2021|Washington Post
It has demonstrable physiological and psychological benefits, they tell you.
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444)|Stephen J. Dubner|December 17, 2020|Freakonomics
For media sellers, a finely tuned attention metric helps give more demonstrable value to programming as those ratings fall.
Why ad buyers (and sellers) need to pay more attention to viewer attention|TVision|December 2, 2020|Digiday

The second one would be achieving demonstrable social benefit.
The true dangers of AI are closer than we think|Katie McLean|October 21, 2020|MIT Technology Review
When Panetta became CIA director in 2009, he was demonstrably unqualified for the job.
Leon Panetta Is What’s Wrong With D.C.|Michael Cohen|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Hungary, the demonstrably anti-Semitic Jobbik party finished second.
Fascism Is Fashionable Again in Europe|Thane Rosenbaum|June 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But they are medical providers in their own right, ones who can demonstrably provide quality care.
Why Nurses Should Be Able to Practice Without Doctors|Russell Saunders|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is demonstrably someone willing to invest for the long term.
The Grahams Sell ‘The Washington Post,’ and Woodward Is Sad|Lloyd Grove|August 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But confronting the myriad problems that plague the region could be made demonstrably less difficult.
America Can Want Peace More|Aaron Mann|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I select it merely as an example of a demonstrably vicious locution which ought indubitably to be banished from the language.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections|William Archer
All these qualities serve some well-defined and demonstrably useful end.
Birds' Nests, Eggs and Egg-Collecting|Richard Kearton
Such an occurrence can be evidential only when the hair changes color demonstrably in the case of a witness.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
But the a priori assumption that each Germanic tribe celebrated in song its own national heroes only is demonstrably incorrect.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers
Enough for proud philosophy to have done the thing demonstrably right, Gower's look at his Madge and the world said.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith