Meaning & use

demonstrably

adverb·Academic

In a way that can be clearly shown or proven with evidence, leaving little room for doubt.

See it in a sentence

The new medication is demonstrably more effective than the older treatment in clinical trials.

His claim was demonstrably false, as public records easily proved.

A note on using this word

Demonstrably signals that a claim rests on solid evidence, not just opinion, and often precedes adjectives like "false" or "better."

Words with a similar meaning

provablyverifiably

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Words with an opposite meaning

arguably

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