NOTABLY

unusually, remarkably, unco, notably

(adverb) to a remarkable degree or extent; “she was unusually tall”; “Notably missing from the network’s fall line-up are any half-hour scripted comedies”

notably

(adverb) especially; in particular; “notably in the social sciences, the professors teach too much”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

notably (comparative more notably, superlative most notably)

(focus) As a pointed example; in a notable manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Not"a*bly, adv.

Definition: In a notable manner.

NOTABLE

Not"a*ble, a. Etym: [F. notable, L. notabilis, fr. notare to mark, nota mark, note. See 5th Note.]

1. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.

2. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.

Note: Notable in the sense of careful, thrifty, characterized by thrift and capacity (as, a notable housekeeper) is pronounced by many good orthoëpists, nôt"a*b'l, the derivatives notableness, and notably, being also similarly pronounced with short o in the first syllable.

3. Well-known; notorious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Not"a*ble, n.

1. A person, or thing, of distinction.

2. (French Hist.)

Definition: One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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