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CLEARLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without doubt or question

Example:

history has clearly shown the folly of that policy

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

Example:

I could clearly see myself in his situation

Synonyms:

clearly; distinctly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Sense 3

Meaning:

In an intelligible manner

Example:

the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly

Synonyms:

clearly; intelligibly; understandably

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

Sense 4

Meaning:

In an easily perceptible manner

Example:

She cried loud and clear

Synonyms:

clear; clearly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

clear (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible)

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 Context examples: 

As a result, the arcs have become clearly visible for the first time.

(Unusual Red Arcs Spotted on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)

However, the balance between the analgesic and the pain‑inducing activity of leukocytes during inflammation clearly favors pain; in fact, inflammation produces pain.

(Scientists make white blood cells to alleviate pain, instead of producing it, during tissue inflammation, University of Granada)

Yet indirectly she let him understand it as clearly and definitely as she could have spoken it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He swears that the shadow of a man’s head turned sideways was clearly visible on the blind, and that this shadow was certainly not that of Peter Carey, whom he knew well.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, it was clearly our duty to see her, so we went.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If the doughnut is observed from above or below, face-on, the black hole is clearly visible.

(NASA's WISE findings poke hole in black hole 'Doughnut' theory, NASA)

Rather than focusing on the dust within the disc, which was clearly imaged in earlier ALMA observations, the astronomers instead studied carbon monoxide (CO) gas spread throughout the disc.

(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)

An inability to see clearly in dim light; due to a deficiency of vitamin A or to a retinal disorder.

(Night Blindness, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by an inability to see clearly in dim light.

(Night Blindness, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Inability to see clearly in dim light.

(Nyctalopia, NCI Thesaurus)