Definition of "patently" []

• In a patent manner; openly, plainly, or clearly: a patently false statement. (adverb)

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• "In a letter sent to the panel's members on Tuesday, James J. Gerace, president of Verizon's New York region, accused the Communication Workers of America, which represents many of the striking employees, of fomenting a campaign against the contract by disseminating what he called "patently false" information about Verizon's role in the theft charges."
• "It's exaggeration to absurdity, to a point where it obviously, patently is not meant to be taken literally, for crying out loud."
• "What is democracy if the publics' expressed intentions about an act being done in our name is patently and blatantly ignored?"