viewablyadv.
/ˈvjuːəbli/, U.S. /ˈvjuəbli/ rare.
Visibly.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb]
visiblyc1380
in semblancea1400
perceivablyc1526
seeably1548
observably1640
perceptibly1644
discernibly1645
perceivedly1659
viewably1680
distinguishably1704
perceptible1755
traceably1855
1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. xxiii. 357 Satan was seen to fall like Lightning from Heaven.., to wit, Viewably, Violently, and Velociously or Swiftly.
2006 E. Chaisson Epic of Evol. iii. 174 A massive star in our own Milky Way hasn't viewably detonated in this way during all of the previous four centuries when telescopes have been in use.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1680