Adjective : a patent cooling device. ,a patent attorney; patent law. ,a patent breach of good manners. ,patent shoes. ,a patent field. From Dictionary.com.
It's exaggeration to absurdity, to a point where it obviously, patently is not meant to be taken literally, for crying out loud. From Wordnik.com. [Hype Hype Hoorah!] Reference
Is that the kind of patently juvenile mindset we want in a President?. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama Holding Up Well Under Attacks On His Character] Reference
I guess that's kind of patently obvious, I mean, because information comes out. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 29, 2005] Reference
The word "patently" adds nothing to your argument, which you dropped when we asked for a clarification between human and legal rights. From Wordnik.com. [Asked at the Saddleback Forum "when does a[n unborn] baby get human rights," why did Obama say the answer is "above my pay grade"?] Reference
The balance of evidence "patently" failed to support the view that the phrases. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
He also said Manmohan Singh's weakness as prime minister was "patently" visible and "very clear". From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Times] Reference
Advani continued his attacks on the PM and said that Manmohan Singh's weakness as prime minister was "patently" visible and "very clear". From Wordnik.com. Reference
During an interview to CNN-IBN aboard a campaign chopper, he said Manmohan Singh's weakness as prime minister was 'patently' visible and 'very clear'. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
Speaking of the prime minister, Advani asserted that Singh had "voluntarily abdicated authority" and added Singh's weakness as prime minister was "patently" visible and. From Wordnik.com. Reference
This is patently unfair to other nations trying to join the global economy. From Wordnik.com. [Mourning For Microsoft] Reference
Again, Eliot takes no prisoners in eviscerating this "patently absurd" claim. From Wordnik.com. [Pink Brain, Blue Brain] Reference
He says that the German three-tier secondary-school system is "patently unfair.". From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: The Shape Of Things] Reference
Not that there's anything patently wrong with young girls wanting to look pretty. From Wordnik.com. [Eye Candy] Reference
It didn't help that I was now writing volumes of patently Foul Language Poetry either. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 14] Reference
Sometimes they are patently so: draft avoidance, marital squiggles, chemical enhancement. From Wordnik.com. [Lawyering The Truth] Reference
That is patently un-American and cuts at the heart of some of our most longstanding values. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: 'These Additional Powers Are Not Necessary'] Reference
It is now patently obvious that we need a much larger stimulus to jumpstart the economic recovery. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Creamer: Democrats Must Unite to Stop Republicans from Making 2010 "The Year the Empire Strikes Back"] Reference
To conclude. based on a toe. that Lucy also swung through trees is "patently absurd," he told Science. From Wordnik.com. [Prehistoric Human Fossils: My Big Left Foot] Reference
The first steps are patently obvious to anyone who has worked even briefly as a military policy planner. From Wordnik.com. ['Staying The Course' Isn't An Option] Reference
For example, our brains tend to register frequently heard facts as true, even if they are patently false. From Wordnik.com. [Marketing and Mind Control] Reference
Those who chose to return home continued painting in the French style, while also making it patently their own. From Wordnik.com. [Paris on My Mind] Reference
Rather, his job is to defend California in all cases except where the state's actions are patently indefensible. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Scheer: If Hard-Won Court Victory Against Prop 8 Is Tossed out, You Can Thank Jerry Brown] Reference
The family members are patently presumed to be part of the problem rather than imagined as part of the solution. From Wordnik.com. [A Not-So-Safe Haven] Reference
We also know that this assumption is patently untrue and that the "free" market is anything but rational and free. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Anderson: An Open Letter to the Captains] Reference
The allegations that he'd attended sadomasochistic orgies along with other officials were patently untrue, he said. From Wordnik.com. [Letter From Paris: Savoring A Summer's Scandal] Reference
It is a patently absurd argument that every American, regardless of their religious confession, must reject outright. From Wordnik.com. [Abbas Barzegar: America's "Good Muslims" Are Being Left Out to Dry] Reference
But my point is not, in any case, that there has been some vast upsurge of questionable or patently improper activity. From Wordnik.com. [Right And Wrong In Washington] Reference
The letter, published in the French newspaper Libération today says the debt was "patently illegitimate ... and illegal". From Wordnik.com. [France urged to repay Haiti billions paid for its independence] Reference
It covered itself by again repeating the patently unnecessary mea culpa that the NAACP has zero tolerance for discrimination. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: NAACP Still Hasn't Atoned for Sherrod Blunder] Reference
But it's patently clear that not all cultures are able to encourage this to the same extent or to progress to the same extent. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: What Would Plato Have Done?] Reference
Of course, everything is relative and many people older would read this piece thus far and think my comments are patently absurd. From Wordnik.com. [David Helfenbein: Generation Y, President Obama, Changing the World, & Smthg we all Have 2 Face: Getting Older] Reference
It is patently clear that Blair represents the interests (exclusively?) of Israel and of American foreign policy in the Middle East. From Wordnik.com. [Free the Burmese] Reference
The only real surprise here is how easily such a non-credible, patently dishonest figure as Breitbart was able to manipulate the system. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Post-Press Era and Meg Whitman] Reference
Speaking of which, it is patently false that the high-profile choices of a few celebrities have triggered an international adoption boom. From Wordnik.com. [The Case For International Adoption] Reference
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