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# visually

«visually» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a way that has to do with seeing or how something…** — 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 (visually)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that has to do with seeing or how something looks: the poster is visually striking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#m1)

2) By looking with your eyes: check the bike visually before you ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#m2)

3) Visually impaired: not able to see well or at all (a polite term). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, information shown visually is in a chart, graph or picture rather than in words; in art and design it is about how something looks. In everyday and safety talk it means checking by looking. Phrases: visually impaired, visually appealing, visually check, shown visually.

### examples

- The bar chart shows the data visually. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x1)
- The cake was visually amazing but tasted of nothing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x2)
- Visually check your helmet for cracks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x3)
- A guide dog helps a visually impaired person cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x4)
- The two triangles look visually the same, but measure them to be sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x5)
- The book is visually beautiful, with bright pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x6)
- Some people learn best visually, with diagrams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/visually/#x7)

### note

Adverb from visual; the noun vision is related. "Visually impaired" is the polite phrase for a person who is blind or partly sighted. In maths, something that looks equal visually may not be — always measure or calculate.

### In the corpora

- ["Visually impaired" means partly or fully blind; it is the official term.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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