adv
Meaning 1
By means of sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The radar's detection was confirmed visually, because seeing is believing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
visually
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈvɪzju.əli/
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/ˈvɪʒu.əli/
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/ˈvɪʒəli/
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CMU ARPABET: V IH1 ZH W AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with respect to vision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- visually distorted
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English visual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English visually From visual + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: visualment — by means of sight
- Esperanto: vide — by means of sight
- Finnish: visuaalisesti — by means of sight
- Galician: visualmente — by means of sight
- Georgian: ვიზუალურად (vizualurad) — by means of sight
- Georgian: გარეგნულად (garegnulad) — by means of sight
- German: optisch — by means of sight
- German: visuell — by means of sight
- Hungarian: vizuálisan — by means of sight
- Polish: wizualnie — by means of sight
- Portuguese: visualmente — by means of sight
- Spanish: visualmente — by means of sight
- Swedish: visuellt — by means of sight
- Swedish: bildmässigt — by means of sight
Real reading context