Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manifestly

/ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.67 in modern English

Syllables: man-i-fest-ly
IPA: /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst.li/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a manifest manner; obviously.

Example Sentences

"Folk lore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal."
"He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."

Etymology

Etymology tree English manifest Middle English -ly English -ly English manifestly From manifest + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more manifestly (comparative) most manifestly (superlative)

Synonyms

clearly evidently plainly obviously patently apparently plain

Questions

How do you pronounce manifestly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmæn.ɪ.fɛst.li/.
What does manifestly mean?: In a manifest manner; obviously.
Where does manifestly come from?: Etymology tree English manifest Middle English -ly English -ly English manifestly From manifest + -ly.

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