'Patently' definitions:

Definition of 'patently'

From: WordNet
adverb
Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain]

Definition of 'Patently'

From: GCIDE
  • Patently \Pat"ent*ly\ (?; see Patent, a.), adv. Openly; evidently. [1913 Webster]