patently
advUK /ˈpeɪtəntli/ · US /ˈpætən(t)li/
Etymology From patent + -ly.
1
Negative, Usually In a clear and unambiguous manner.
- Many of the so-called rites of these secret societies were so patently ridiculous, that it is quite obvious that they were merely an excuse for men and women to indulge in sex-play and lustful gratification, frequently of an abnormal kind.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 161:
- abaxial surface patently pilose-puberulous
- Derived terms
- prepatently, subpatently