单词 | visibly |
释义 | visiblyadv. 1. In a visible manner (†or form); so as to be visible to the eye or sight.Passing insensibly into 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] visiblyc1380 in semblancea1400 perceivablyc1526 seeably1548 observably1640 perceptibly1644 discernibly1645 perceivedly1659 viewably1680 distinguishably1704 perceptible1755 traceably1855 c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 522 Þat same body and blood invisibily, and not þe same visibely. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvii. 79 Þai growe ilk a ȝere visibilly, so þat þe smale waxez grete. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 2141 As þus visablelyche to hurre modur he dude aper. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope xii The goddesse Venus vysybly shewed her self to me. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOvii Somtyme as it were an angell of lyght: somtyme visibly, somtyme fantastically. 1612 W. Colson Gen. Treasury Advt. A iij b The other faults escaped in printing, or figures not visibly printed are..corrected with the pen. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 4 The Table wherein all my thoughts Are visibly Character'd, and engrau'd. View more context for this quotation 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Observ. in Wks. (1630) iii. 87/2 If it were possible that the hand of mortall men..could visibly set forth the magnificent glory of the immortal Creator. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. Concl. 136 A moral Scheme of Government then, is visibly established. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 390 Solyma's interior shrine, Where..Dwelt visibly the light-creating God. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna xii. xxxiii. 266 Down that mighty stream..The boat fled visibly—three nights and days. 1825 W. Scott Betrothed vi, in Tales Crusaders I. 107 The mouth visibly arranged itself into a smile of inexpressible sweetness. 1857 W. K. Loftus Trav. Chaldæa & Susiana 270 Traces of which were still visibly adhering to many of the tablets. 2. So as to be clearly evident, manifest, or perceptible; to an extent which can be (readily) seen or observed; evidently, plainly; manifestly, obviously. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adverb] couthlyc900 sutelichec900 openlyOE witterlyc1175 kithlya1300 witnessfullyc1374 evidentlya1382 plainlya1382 graithc1394 eberlya1400 express14.. manifest1431 patently1441 manifestlyc1475 evident?1520 grossly1526 apparently1533 clear1550 apparent1565 clearly1569 notoriously1589 plain1590 perspicuously1592 perspectively1598 transparently1617 liquidlya1631 visibly1631 obviously1638 fairly1655 perspiculously1661 remarkably1666 squarely1860 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §81. 337 God hath oft visibly shewed himselfe by extraordinary meanes to fight for his. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iii. 17 God, having..made the Practice thereof..visibly beneficial to all, with whom the vertuous Man has to do. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 7 The Envy..was visibly the cause of the Murther. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 38 It being too visibly absurd to hold, that Pain or Pleasure can be in an un-perceiving Substance. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 323 I saw my Deliverance indeed visibly put into my Hands. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 308 A war which had been visibly overhanging them for more than two years. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. v. 400 The cardinals were visibly afraid of the position which had been taken by the French king. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ At Bay iv. 64 Lambert was visibly relieved, and his daughter reflected her father's mood. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [adverb] by sight1297 visually1448 visibly1600 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 314 He cast anchor at Saint Sebastian, beginning visiblie to finde, that the Iland was no lesse fortified then had beene described vnto them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1380 |
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