noticeably

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English notice

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder.

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old French -ablebor.

Middle English -able

English -able

English noticeable

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 noticeably

From noticeable + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

noticeably (comparative more noticeably, superlative most noticeably)

1. (manner) In a noticeable way.

   We all saw it: he paled noticeably.

2. (degree) To a detectable degree, sufficient to be noticed.

   It suddenly became noticeably cooler when the sun went behind a cloud.

   • 2016, A. A. Gill, Pour Me a Life:

     My best subject was the nature table, because I brought in the shiversome newts with their uterine flanged backs. I was moderately bullied. There were kids more noticeably tormentable than me.

   • 2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.

3. (modal) In truth and observably.

   Noticeably, what had been merely annoying to her was becoming infuriating.

Synonyms

• (in a noticeable way): clearly, evidently, plainly; see also Thesaurus:obviously

Translations

to a detectable degree

• Bulgarian: забележимо (bg) (zabeležimo), значително (bg) (značitelno)
• Catalan: sensiblement (ca)
• Finnish: havaittavasti, näkyvästi (fi), huomattavasti (fi)
• French: sensiblement (fr)
• Swedish: märkbart (sv)