visually

«visually» in Mova's school dictionary: In a way that has to do with seeing or how something… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (visually)

meaning for a pupil

1) In a way that has to do with seeing or how something looks: the poster is visually striking. tree →

2) By looking with your eyes: check the bike visually before you ride. tree →

3) Visually impaired: not able to see well or at all (a polite term). tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, information shown visually is in a chart, graph or picture rather than in words; in art and design it is about how something looks. In everyday and safety talk it means checking by looking. Phrases: visually impaired, visually appealing, visually check, shown visually.

examples

• The bar chart shows the data visually. tree →
• The cake was visually amazing but tasted of nothing. tree →
• Visually check your helmet for cracks. tree →
• A guide dog helps a visually impaired person cross the road. tree →
• The two triangles look visually the same, but measure them to be sure. tree →
• The book is visually beautiful, with bright pictures. tree →
• Some people learn best visually, with diagrams. tree →

note

Adverb from visual; the noun vision is related. "Visually impaired" is the polite phrase for a person who is blind or partly sighted. In maths, something that looks equal visually may not be — always measure or calculate.

In the corpora

• "Visually impaired" means partly or fully blind; it is the official term.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «visually» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.