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  2. uk / ˈpeɪ.t ə nt.li / us / ˈpæ.t ə nt.li / Add to word list. in a way that is clear: She was patently lying. It's patently obvious that he doesn't care. Synonyms. clearly (CERTAIN) manifestly formal. obviously. plainly. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Apparent and obvious. (from) under your nose idiom. apparent.

  3. adverb. 1. in a way that is easy to see or understand; evidently. 2. without subtlety. 3. (sentence modifier) it is obvious that; clearly. obviously not everyone has a driving licence. Collins English Dictionary.

  4. Patently definition: obviously. See examples of PATENTLY used in a sentence.

  5. the official legal right to make or sell an invention for a particular number of years: In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone. The company took out/ filed a patent on a genetically engineered tomato.

  6. The meaning of PATENT is open to public inspection —used chiefly in the phrase letters patent. How to use patent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Patent.

  7. Use the adverb patently when you want to emphasize something as clearly obvious. For example, you might say "It's patently clear that you hate spinach." It might be patently obvious to you that your roommate forgot to take out the trash, or patently absurd that your brother thinks he will have a long, successful career as a street magician and ...

  8. patently. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pa‧tent‧ly /ˈpeɪtntli $ ˈpæ-/ adverb formal very clearly The treatment is patently not working. patently false/untrue To say that the proposal has no disadvantages at all is patently untrue. It’s patently obvious that you’re in love with her.

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