Conspicuously

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              It was a rock
              Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds,
              Conspicious far.                      --Milton.
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              Conspicious by her veil and hood,
              Signing the cross, the abbess stood.  --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly
        defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a
        conspicuous excellence, or fault.
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              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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conspicuously
       adv 1: 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" [ant: {inconspicuously}]
       2: in a prominent way; "the new car was prominently displayed
          in the driveway" [syn: {prominently}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "conspicuously":
     abundantly, acutely, amazingly, amply, apparently, arrantly,
     astonishingly, awesomely, blatantly, boldly, celebratedly, clearly,
     consequentially, copiously, definitely, discernibly, distinctly,
     eminently, emphatically, evidently, exceptionally, exquisitely,
     extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously, flagrantly, generously,
     glaringly, gloriously, grandly, greatly, importantly, impressively,
     incredibly, intensely, magically, magnanimously, magnificently,
     manifestly, markedly, marvelously, materially, momentously, nobly,
     notably, notedly, noticeably, notoriously, observably, obtrusively,
     obviously, ostensibly, outstandingly, particularly, patently,
     peculiarly, perceivably, perceptibly, plainly, pointedly,
     popularly, preeminently, profusely, prominently, pronouncedly,
     recognizably, remarkably, richly, saliently, seeably, signally,
     significantly, singularly, splendidly, staringly, starkly,
     strikingly, superlatively, surpassingly, surprisingly, uncommonly,
     unconcealedly, undisguisedly, unmistakably, unusually, visibly,
     with clarity, wonderfully, wondrous, worthily