patently
Example Sentences
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Under U.S. military law, all orders “may be inferred to be lawful,” with an exception only for “patently illegal orders.”
Campbell’s said the comments about its food are “patently absurd,” noting that the chicken meat in its canned soups comes from USDA-approved suppliers, meets high-quality standards, and doesn’t contain antibiotics.
From Barron's
She added: "I'd never seen anything quite so patently explicit about the extent to which a university would go to ensure that they have Chinese student income."
From BBC
Johnson called the lawsuit “patently absurd” when speaking with reporters Tuesday.
From Salon
Several of her books involve love triangles in which a woman is torn between two men, one of whom readers will recognize as patently unsuitable before her protagonist does.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
