Meanings
comparative more prominently · superlative most prominently
- In a prominent manner.
It is the transcontinental trains which figure most prominently in railway advertising. Both railways run two trains in each direction.
1959 November 28, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5541 more example
He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]
2011, John O'Loughlin, Two Sides of the Same Coin
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a prominent way
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 显著地
- 显著地in a prominent manner
Italian prominentemente, rilevantemente
- prominentementein a prominent manner
- rilevantementein a prominent manner
Spanish prominentemente
- prominentementein a prominent manner
Cite this entry
prominently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prominently
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