Meanings
comparative more invisibly · superlative most invisibly
- In a way that can not be seen; in an invisible manner.
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[.]
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 96
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwithout being seen
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From invisible + -ly. Piecewise doublet of unvisibly.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan invisiblement
- invisiblementin a way that can not be seen
Dutch onzichtbaar
- onzichtbaarin a way that can not be seen
Esperanto nevideble
- nevideblein a way that can not be seen
Finnish näkymättömästi
- näkymättömästiin a way that can not be seen
French invisiblement
- invisiblementin a way that can not be seen
German unsichtbar
- unsichtbarin a way that can not be seen
Hungarian láthatatlanul
- láthatatlanulin a way that can not be seen
Italian invisibilmente
- invisibilmentein a way that can not be seen
Japanese 隠れて, 隠然と
- 隠れて (kakurete)in a way that can not be seen
- 隠然と (inzen to)in a way that can not be seen
Portuguese invisivelmente
- invisivelmentein a way that can not be seen
Russian неви́димо, скры́то
- неви́димо (nevídimo)in a way that can not be seen
- скры́то (skrýto)in a way that can not be seen
Spanish invisiblemente
- invisiblementein a way that can not be seen
Swedish osynlig, osynligt
- osynligin a way that can not be seen
- osynligtin a way that can not be seen
Cite this entry
invisibly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/invisibly
“invisibly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/invisibly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “invisibly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/invisibly.
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