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Translations conspicuously [kənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ] ADV 1. (= so as to attract attention) [behave, act] → de modo que llama la atención; [dressed] → de forma muy llamativa 2. (= noticeably) [worried, uncomfortable, embarrassed] → visiblemente to be conspicuously absent → brillar por su ausencia he has remained conspicuously silent on the issue → de forma ostensible, ha guardado silencio respecto al asunto she had been conspicuously successful → obtuvo un éxito rotundo they have conspicuously failed to solve the problem → es muy evidente que no han conseguido resolver el problema conspicuously adv (= noticeably) silent, uneasy → auffällig, auffallend; successful → bemerkenswert; to be conspicuously lacking in something → etw offenkundig nicht haben; to be conspicuously absent (person) → durch Abwesenheit glänzen; the government has conspicuously failed to intervene → es wurde übel vermerkt, dass die Regierung nicht eingegriffen hat conspicuously [kənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ] adv (behave) → in modo da farsi notare; (successful) → notevolmente; (dressed) → vistosamente conspicuously [kənˈspɪkjʊəslɪ] adv (behave) → in modo da farsi notare; (successful) → notevolmente; (dressed) → vistosamente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The house was standing, still vacant and conspicuously unfit, when I last heard of it, some twenty years afterward. To his left, back of the rows of citizens, was a spacious temporary platform upon which were seated the scholars who were to take part in the exercises of the evening; rows of small boys, washed and dressed to an intolerable state of discomfort; rows of gawky big boys; snowbanks of girls and young ladies clad in lawn and muslin and conspicuously conscious of their bare arms, their grand- mothers' ancient trinkets, their bits of pink and blue ribbon and the flowers in their hair. She seemed to stand out in his consciousness as conspicuously as the I shall had stood out on the typed page, and he began to take notice. |
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