a. [ F. évinent, l. evidens, -entis; e out + videns, p. pr. of videre to see. See Vision. ] Clear to the vision; especially, clear to the understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment;
Your honor and your goodness is so evident. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
And in our faces evident the signs
Of foul concupiscence. Milton.
a. Relating to, or affording, evidence; indicative; especially, relating to the evidences of Christianity. Bp. Fleetwood. “Evidential tracks.” Earle.. --
a. Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. [ 1913 Webster ]
When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, or a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an evident manner; clearly; plainly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth. Gal. iii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
He was evidently in the prime of youth. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being evident. [ 1913 Webster ]