Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Patently \Pat"ent*ly\ (?; see {Patent}, a.), adv.
   Openly; evidently.

Source : WordNet®

patently
     adv : unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
           `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was
           in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly
           too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all
           patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living
           here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property,
           but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is
           plain stubborn" [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly},
            {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]