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# visibly

«visibly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a way that can be seen or noticed easily: «she was…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (visibly)

### meaning for a pupil

Visibly means in a way that can be seen or noticed easily: «she was visibly upset». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «visibly» tells the reader that a feeling shows on a character's face or body: «visibly nervous», «visibly relieved», «visibly shaking». In science, «the plant had visibly grown» means you could see the change without measuring, though scientists still measure to be sure. Phrases: «visibly upset», «visibly shaken», «visibly tired», «visibly improved».

### examples

- She was visibly upset after the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x1)
- He was visibly nervous before his speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x2)
- The seedlings have visibly grown this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x3)
- The dog was visibly happy to see us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x4)
- The old man was visibly tired. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x5)
- Her reading has visibly improved. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x6)
- The ice cube was visibly smaller after ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/#x7)

### note

From «visible» (drop e, add -y): visibly. Opposite: invisibly. Related: vision, visible, visit — all about seeing.

### In the corpora

- [Hand gel does not clean well when hands are visibly dirty, and after touching farm animals soap and water work better than gel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/29-germs-from-animals/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «visibly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visibly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.