visibly
Use Visibly in a sentence
ə adjective
1.
that can be seen; perceptible to the eye: mountains visible in the distance.
2.
apparent; manifest; obvious: a man with no visible means of support.
3.
being constantly or frequently in the public view; conspicuous: a visible political position.
4.
noting or pertaining to a system of keeping records or information on cards or sheets in such a way that the desired reference can be brought instantly to view: a visible index.
5.
Commerce.
a.
available or accessible; already existing, as goods in a warehouse or in transit as opposed to goods in production: visible supply.
b.
involving actual goods that have been recorded or accounted for: visible trade.
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visible (ˈvɪzɪbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | capable of being perceived by the eye |
| 2. | capable of being perceived by the mind; evident: no visible dangers |
| 3. | available: the visible resources |
| 4. | (of an index or file) using a flexible display system for the contents |
| 5. | of or relating to the balance of trade: visible transactions |
| 6. | represented by visible symbols |
| —n | |
| 7. | a visible item of trade; product |
| [C14: from Latin vīsibilis, from vidēre to see] | |
| 'visibleness | |
| —n | |
| 'visibly | |
| —adv | |
| visible (ˈvɪzɪbəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | capable of being perceived by the eye |
| 2. | capable of being perceived by the mind; evident: no visible dangers |
| 3. | available: the visible resources |
| 4. | (of an index or file) using a flexible display system for the contents |
| 5. | of or relating to the balance of trade: visible transactions |
| 6. | represented by visible symbols |
| —n | |
| 7. | a visible item of trade; product |
| [C14: from Latin vīsibilis, from vidēre to see] | |
| 'visibleness | |
| —n | |
| 'visibly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
visible
c.1340, from O.Fr. visible (12c.), from L. visibilis "that may be seen," from visus, pp. of videre "to see" (see vision).
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Example sentences
Some reporters wrote that he was visibly shaken, but this seems too poetic or wishful to have been true.
Of course they all buzzed when the moon had visibly gone, but then he dropped his bombshell.
The bank's governing body almost visibly bridles when economists and politicians seek to apply pressure for monetary relaxation.
It is pressed by the straits into a visibly convex form.
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