different between advertently vs advert

English

Etymology

advertent +? -ly

Adverb

advertently (not comparable)

1. intentionally, on purpose, purposely

Related terms

• advertent

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English

Etymology 1

Clipping of advertisement

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ædv??(?)t/

Noun

advert (plural adverts)

1. (Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.

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Etymology 2

Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir (“to notice”), from Latin advertere (“to turn toward”). See also adverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??(?)t/

Verb

advert (third-person singular simple present adverts, present participle adverting, simple past and past participle adverted)

1. (intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to). [from 15th c.]
   • 2007 September 9, the Vatican (trans.), Pope Benedict XVI (speaker), speaking in German at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Austria:

     At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something). [15th–19th c.]
3. (intransitive) To call attention, refer (to). [from 18th c.]
   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:

     ‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert.’

Synonyms

• refer

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Anagrams

• varted