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DEMONSTRABLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does demonstrably mean?
• DEMONSTRABLY (adverb)
The adverb DEMONSTRABLY has 1 sense:
1. in an obvious and provable manner
Familiarity information: DEMONSTRABLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an obvious and provable manner
Synonyms:
demonstrably; incontrovertibly; provably
Context example:
his documentary sources are demonstrably wrong
Pertainym:
demonstrable (capable of being demonstrated or proved)
Context examples
His name and address were demonstrably false.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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