Hypertext Webster Gateway: "transparently"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Transparent \Trans*par"ent\, a. [F., from LL. transparens,
-entis, p. pr. of transparere to be transparent; L. trans
across, through + parere to appear. See {Appear}.]
1. Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that
bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light;
diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent
diamond; -- opposed to {opaque}. ``Transparent elemental
air.'' --Milton.
2. Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a
transparent veil. --Dryden.
Syn: Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid;
diaphanous. See {Translucent}. -- {Trans*par"ent*ly},
adv. -- {Trans*par"ent*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
transparently
adv 1: so as to be easily understood or seen through; "his
transparently lucid prose"; "his transparently
deceitful behavior"
2: so as to allow the passage of light; "the red brilliance of
the claret shines transparently in our glasses"
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