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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Conspicuous \Con*spic"u*ous\, adjective [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to look. See {Spy}]
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. --Milton.
Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. --Sir W. Scott.
2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault.
A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England. --Macaulay.
Syn: Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent; celebrated. See {Distinguished}. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
conspicuously
adverb
1: in a manner tending to attract attention; "there have been plenty of general declarations about willingness to meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and place" [ant: {inconspicuously}]
2: in a prominent way; "the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway" [syn: {prominently}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "conspicuously": abundantly, acutely, amazingly, amply, apparently, arrantly, astonishingly, awesomely, blatantly, boldly, celebratedly, clearly, consequentially, copiously, definitely, discernibly, distinctly, eminently, emphatically, evidently, exceptionally, exquisitely, extraordinarily, exuberantly, famously, flagrantly, generously, glaringly, gloriously, grandly, greatly, importantly, impressively, incredibly, intensely, magically, magnanimously, magnificently, manifestly, markedly, marvelously, materially, momentously, nobly, notably, notedly, noticeably, notoriously, observably, obtrusively, obviously, ostensibly, outstandingly, particularly, patently, peculiarly, perceivably, perceptibly, plainly, pointedly, popularly, preeminently, profusely, prominently, pronouncedly, recognizably, remarkably, richly, saliently, seeably, signally, significantly, singularly, splendidly, staringly, starkly, strikingly, superlatively, surpassingly, surprisingly, uncommonly, unconcealedly, undisguisedly, unmistakably, unusually, visibly, with clarity, wonderfully, wondrous, worthily
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