invisibly

English

Etymology

From invisible +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɪzɪbli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

invisibly (comparative more invisibly, superlative most invisibly)

1. In a way that can not be seen; in an invisible manner.
   • 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 96:

     These beings have some very extraordinary and useful properties; they can, for instance, go about invisibly, or turn themselves into any shape; they can foresee future events; they can confer prosperity, or the contrary, on a family[.]

Synonyms

• hiddenly
• latently

Antonyms

• visibly
• apparently

Related terms

• invisibility
• invisible
• invisibleness

Translations

in a way that can not be seen

• Catalan: invisiblement
• Dutch: onzichtbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nevideble
• Finnish: näkymättömästi
• French: invisiblement (fr)
• Galician: invisiblemente (gl), invisibelmente (gl)
• German: unsichtbar (de)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌽𐌹𐌱𐌰 (unanasiuniba)
• Interlingua: invisibilemente
• Italian: invisibilmente
• Japanese: 隠れて (ja) (kakurete), 隠然と (ja) (inzen to)
• Portuguese: invisivelmente
• Russian: неви́димо (ru) (nevídimo), скры́то (ru) (skrýto)
• Serbo-Croatian: nevìdljivo (sh), neòpazicē (sh)
• Spanish: invisiblemente (es)
• Swedish: osynlig (sv), osynligt (sv)

References

• “invisibly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.