Words similar to patently

Example sentences for: patently

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This is not because Bradley scored worse than Bush, but because both have led successful lives and are patently better qualified for the presidency than many citizens with higher scores.
"in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards,"
(Not all speech that's indecent or patently offensive is about sex, Howard Stern notwithstanding.)
I think it patently silly to waste time trying to decide whether the Lexicon (note the capital L) of English is conceived of as a list of words or as a list of morphemes (meaningful elements that may stand alone or combine to form words) with a set of rules governing how the elements operate.
It includes comments like I'm a first-time (or virgin) caller, I really enjoy your program (which alternates with You really have a great program tonight) , and Thank you for taking my call . I have never fathomed the purpose of the first; the second is pure sycophancy; and the third is patently ludicrous, for if a presenter of a phone-in program refused calls it would not be a phone-in program.