visibly
adv/ˈvɪz.ə.bli/ · /ˈvɪzɪbli/
Etymology From visible + -ly.
1
In a visible manner; openly.
- He was visibly upset while reading the news live on air about the school shooting.
- Three years later, the unwatered cactus was still about two feet tall, a dark green color. The watered cactus was a paler green, its trunk visibly swollen with moisture. It had grown to be over five feet tall.2013, Leslie Morgan Steiner, The Baby Chase:
1 more example
- The question, which visibly moved Clinton, delves into an area of the candidate’s life that is deeply personal but rarely discussed. Clinton’s friends and confidants describe the former first lady as a devout Methodist whose faith guides much of what she does.2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2022:
- Synonyms
- apparently, evidently, plainly