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manifestly adverb

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Definition

very obviously
He claims that he is completely committed to the project and yet this is manifestly untrue.
The government has manifestly failed to raise educational standards, despite its commitment to do so.

(Definition of manifestly adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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