conspicuously
/kənspˈɪkjuəsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a conspicuous manner; noticeably.
Example Sentences
- "[…] and so conspicuously did the excellence of this man appear, in preacing the gospel with courage and resolution, and in confirming his doctrine by the miracles which he wrought, that […]"
- "The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree."
- "Women enjoy being pursued, but men still don’t! They don’t want anything that seems too easy to win. If the woman takes the initiative—at least if she takes it conspicuously—the world will think her aggressive, and unladylike."
- "(Even a comedy like Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune [1999], which conspicuously lacks a redneck criminal, features a fair-minded, unracist Mississippi sheriff, played by Ned Beatty.)"
- "The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy."
Etymology
Etymology tree English conspicuous Middle English -ly English -ly English conspicuously From conspicuous + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more conspicuously (comparative)
most conspicuously (superlative)