discoverablyadv.
/dᵻˈskʌv(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /dᵻˈskəv(ə)rəbli/ So as to be discovered; in a discoverable manner; detectably.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [adverb] > able to be discovered
discoverably1646
detectably1887
the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [adverb] > able to be detected
deprehensibly1664
discoverably1770
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. iv. 79 Saltes [attract]..but weakely..nor very discoverably by any frication. View more context for this quotation
1770 F. Gentleman Dramatic Censor II. 135 His grief, in general, was discoverably pumped up by artificial feelings.
1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. iii. 69 The river Lark, though not very discoverably, still runs or stagnates in that country.
1906 H. James in Harper's Mag. May 901/2 The condition..that he or she..be presumably ‘respectable’, be, that is, not discoverably anything else.
1992 R. H. King Civil Rights (1996) vi. 153 This idea of something inherently and discoverably ‘black’ is most apparent.
2008 R. Swinburne in M. W. F. Stone Reason, Faith & Hist. iv. 81 As far as the telescope can reach and a long way back in history, our Universe is totally and discoverably orderly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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