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PROMINENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prominently mean?
• PROMINENTLY (adverb)
The adverb PROMINENTLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: PROMINENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a prominent way
Synonyms:
conspicuously; prominently
Context example:
the new car was prominently displayed in the driveway
Pertainym:
prominent (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention)
Context examples
Neuroendocrine hyperplasia must be differentiated from normal groups of neuroendocrine cells found more prominently in some mouse strains.
(Neuroendocrine Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
Speaking of family members, your sister or brother may figure much more prominently in your life than usual this month, and that will be true throughout 2020.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The accumulation of fluid in the feet, most prominently on the dorsum.
(Pedal Edema, NCI Thesaurus)
It is prominently expressed in developing osseous and cartilaginous tissue.
(Chemokine-Like Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)
She was ghastly, chalkily pale; the red seemed to have gone even from her lips and gums, and the bones of her face stood out prominently; her breathing was painful to see or hear.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Leach, his bandaged arm prominently to the fore, begged me to leave a few remnants of the cook for him; and Wolf Larsen paused once or twice at the break of the poop to glance curiously at what must have been to him a stirring and crawling of the yeasty thing he knew as life.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
As said earlier, joining groups and being a member who participates in the club or humanitarian effort will figure prominently in your life this year.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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