adv
Meaning 1
In a glaring manner:
With intense light.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally
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Standard Lemma guide
glaringly
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɛəɹɪŋlɪ/
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General-American: /ˈɡlɛɹɪŋli/
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adv
Meaning 2
In a glaring manner:
So as to be highly visible or obvious; so as to attract notice or attention.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- The error was glaringly obvious, yet nobody said anything about it.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son, and T. Cadell, Volume 4, Book 7, Chapter 9, p. 133, Cecilia was quite confounded by this speech; to have it known that Delvile had visited her, was in itself alarming, but to have her own equivocation thus glaringly exposed, was infinitely more dangerous.
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adverb
Meaning 3
in a glaring manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was glaringly obvious
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English glaring Middle English -ly English -ly English glaringly From glaring + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ярко (jarko) — in a glaring manner
- Italian: palesemente — in a glaring manner
- Occitan: visiblament — in a glaring manner
- Occitan: clarament — in a glaring manner
- Occitan: intensament — in a glaring manner