Visibly

Examples

• What chiefly surprised Edmund was, that Crawford's sister, the friend and companion who had been so much to her, should not be more visibly regretted. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• There was nobody visibly in waiting when Arthur and Mr Rugg arrived at the Counting-house. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Dallas paused before him, visibly bewildered. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• A strange thrill struck him when she did so, and visibly passed over his frame; he laid the knife down softly, as he sat staring at her. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• But, now that Eva was fairly and visibly prostrated, and a doctor called, Marie, all on a sudden, took a new turn. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The silver particles held this image, but not visibly--it is a latent image, and it is the purpose of development to bring it out. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This was the result of my having had you three before me, face to face, and seeing the thing visibly presented as upon a theatre. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But even if his resolves had forced the two images into combination, the useful preliminaries to that hard change were not visibly within reach. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He suffered visibly each time the firing came down the wind and he wanted either to go to the combat or have Pilar go and leave him alone. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Witnesses were found to declare that they had positively seen him go up, visibly in his body. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The paleness on her cheeks spread to her lips, and the lips themselves trembled visibly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The expression of Caleb's face was visibly softening while Fred spoke. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Extreme unhappiness weighed visibly upon her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Riviere was visibly touched and surprised. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• He leaned his back against a bank, and felt that it stood above him, visibly out against the cold night-sky. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• To his own people Solomon was a wasteful and oppressive monarch, and already before his death his kingdom was splitting, visibly to all men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The days passed on, the weeks passed on, and the track of the golden autumn wound its bright way visibly through the green summer of the trees. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The bridegroom's hand trembled visibly, and no one heard his replies. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• While Eustacia looked on from this distance the boy's form visibly started--he slid down the bank and ran across towards the white gate. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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