visibly

From visible +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪz.ə.bli/, /ˈvɪzɪbli/

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visibly (comparative more visibly, superlative most visibly)

1. In a visible manner; openly.

   He was visibly upset while reading the news live on air about the school shooting.

   • 2013, Leslie Morgan Steiner, The Baby Chase:

     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.

   • 2016 January 25, Dan Merica, “In personal exchange, Clinton laments using faith to ‘judge so harshly’”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     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.

• apparently, evidently, plainly; see also Thesaurus:obviously

• hiddenly
• invisibly
• latently