patently

/ ˈpeɪtəntlɪ /

adverb

1. obviously

   he was patently bored

Example Sentences

Several of her books involve love triangles in which a woman is torn between two men, one of whom readers will recognize as patently unsuitable before her protagonist does.

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He rejected claims of the app harming immigration agents as “patently false.”

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The app's creator said such claims were "patently false" and accused Apple of "capitulating to an authoritarian regime."

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Herzog cites professional wrestling as an example of a spectacle in which the audience members and performers collude in a narrative that is patently false, yet has all the elements of legitimate competition.

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All of this matters not just because it’s all patently ridiculous, but because this is what every artist who appeared at Lilith Fair was fighting against.

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