Could be and Patently

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Patently and could be are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Patently" instead an adverb phrase "Could be".

Patently adverb - Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly').

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Could be and patently are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Could be" instead an adverb "Patently".

Nearby Word: patent

Though he's fortunately nowhere near as bad as when he started out, it's still patently inexcusable that Ash could be beaten by novice trainers so easily.

Source: This Loser Is You
When Robert Goddard pitched the idea that rockets could be used to fly through space, the editor of The New York Times (note: not a rocket scientist) thought the whole concept was patently ridiculous.

Source: It Will Never Catch On / Real Life

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