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| English Dictionary: conspicuously |
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| 2 results for conspicuously |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- conspicuously
- adv
- in a manner tending to attract attention; "there have
been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place"
Antonym(s): inconspicuously
- in a prominent way; "the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway"
Synonym(s): prominently, conspicuously
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Conspicuous \Con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere
to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to
look. See {Spy}]
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen;
plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds,
Conspicious far. --Milton.
Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross,
the abbess stood. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly
defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a
conspicuous excellence, or fault.
A man who holds a conspicuous place in the
political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of
England. --Macaulay.
Syn: Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent;
celebrated. See {Distinguished}. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ly},
adv. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n.
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