notably
Britishadverb
Explanation
The word notably singles people and things out as special. A notably brilliant scientist is especially brilliant, so you might want to take notes when she speaks! Things that are described as notably are remarkable or striking in some way. A notably excellent painter is a great painter. A notably mean professor is one students will want to avoid, because that professor is really mean. A notably fast car is especially fast. This word is a type of intensifier, a notably strong intensifier.
Vocabulary lists containing notably
Example Sentences
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“Selling assets would be extremely disruptive to financial markets. It would tighten financial conditions and result in notably lower risk-asset values,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
It’s impossible to suss out what portion of the electorate voted for him based on that promise over, say, the notably dire state of the economy in 1992.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Britt Eastland has his own, notably different, understanding of those days in which the Eastlands were not callous but heroic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Although scores were, notably, still higher than amongst those who used no digital devices at all.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Following the initial success of the Reformation movement, the Catholic Church was fighting back, notably through the activities of the Jesuits in Austria and the southern German states.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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