Patently?

[MotherFunk]

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No it's patently

Its both...

Gaaaah! My teeth are itching.

It's patently obvious it's patently
but it can be blatantly too., there is a difference nuance though

it really isn't!

I thought blatantly was an adverb
patently is an adjective which can describe an adjective thingy? Gerund? no .. somehting like that.

He said quite blatantly that I was a pedant.

It is patently obvious to all but the misguided that I am a pedant.

impressed obm

but "blatantly said"? doesn't sound right to me

patent = adjective/adverb meaning obviously or evidently. Blatant = open, unashamed, flagrant.

Oh and my OED says blatant is an adjective (sorry OBM )

aaargh sorry, 'blatantly' is adverb. xcuse me while I boil my head.

Shiny blatent shoes?

blantant

Agree with PPs: blatantly and patently are both perfectly reasonable adverbs, with very similar meanings but different nuances to them.

I'd like some blatant shoes, to go with my Fuck Me ones.

I think they'd have little bows at the back.

that is patently absurd OBM

Lol OneBatMother...I have 'sitting shoes'...DP thinks I am mad

helloooo Karen lovely!

Is it to do with who's doing it?

Patently means 'obvious to those who behold the action or thing'

Blatantly means 'done without attempting to cover up motives/intentions etc'.

So blatantly refers to the doer of the action
Patently refers to those at one remove, who are observing the doer

Oh yes OBM, that sounds good to me.

I think a word that describes another adjective is an adverb, non?

So that in a 'really nice pair of fuck-me shoes', really is an adverb.

But, if the shoes are great enough, who cares?

Blatant leather

hehehehe

i'm supposed to be working. Again.

me too. sheesh. I just posted on another pedantry thread that Pedantry is a refusal to see The Bigger Picture.

Rather like Crack is a refusal to accept Reality.

Hmm. I fear you may be right.

In my case, the bigger picture is that I will fail miserably to complete this work if I don't give myself a swift kick up the jacksy.

More of a small cameo.

Right

lol