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副詞

conspicuously (comparative more conspicuously, superlative most conspicuously)

1. In a conspicuous manner; noticeably.
   • 1796, A New History of the Holy Bible, page 226:

     […] and so conspicuously did the excellence of this man appear, in preacing the gospel with courage and resolution, and in confirming his doctrine by the miracles which he wrought, that […]

   • 1914, Canada Lancet, volume 47, page 371:

     The bloatings, the bowel distentions, the torments from gas retention, the inability to expel flatus, are all conspicuously absent and if present are so in a mild degree.

   • 1946, Clifford Rose Adams, Vance O. Packard, How to Pick a Mate‎:

     Women enjoy being pursued, but men still don’t! They don’t want anything that seems too easy to win. If the woman takes the initiative—at least if she takes it conspicuously—the world will think her aggressive, and unladylike.

   • 2003, Allison Graham, Framing the South, page 187:

     (Even a comedy like Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune [1999], which conspicuously lacks a redneck criminal, features a fair-minded, unracist Mississippi sheriff, played by Ned Beatty.)

   • 2020 May 20, Oliver Darcy, “Fauci conspicuously stops doing TV interviews as White House moves to reopen economy”, in CNN Business‎, archived from the original on 17 July 2020:

     The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has been conspicuously absent from national television interviews over the last two weeks, as the White House moves ahead with reopening the economy.

反意語

• inconspicuously