observedlyadv.
/əbˈzəːvᵻdli/, U.S. /əbˈzərvədli/ Notably, observably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > worthy of notice
notablya1398
sensibly1563
notedlya1616
remarkably1615
conspicuously1626
considerably1646
eminentlya1656
noteworthily1864
observedly1871
1871 Overland Monthly Sept. 237/1 There is observedly less deference paid to women here than elsewhere.
1891 C. C. Coe in Relig. & Life ii. 52 Science, and observedly the science of geology, has freed us.
1924 Amer. Naturalist 58 153 The gill clefts are observedly cracked wider at such times.
1990 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 31 408 They were observedly different.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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