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DISTINCTLY

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 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

Example:

I could clearly see myself in his situation

Synonyms:

clearly; distinctly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To a distinct degree

Example:

urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

distinct (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a distinct and distinguishable manner

Example:

the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

distinct ((often followed by 'from') not alike; different in nature or quality)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Some of them coming forward near the place where I lay, gave me an opportunity of distinctly marking their form.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

I distinctly saw the gleam of it as he turned to run.

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

It would be difficult to say: I could not then distinctly say it to myself; yet I had a reason, and a logical, natural reason too.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He shoved, and shoved hard, till the grating of the steel against the locked teeth could be distinctly heard.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But the two dinosaurs are distinctly different from one another, and from titanosaurians known from northern Africa.

(Paleontologists discover new species of titanosaurian dinosaur in Tanzania, NSF)

I could distinctly see the isolated, tree-crowned pinnacle of rock which was detached from the crag.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jane desired me to do it, so I always do: and so I began to-day with my usual caution; but no sooner did I come to the mention of her being unwell, than I burst out, quite frightened, with 'Bless me! poor Jane is ill!'—which my mother, being on the watch, heard distinctly, and was sadly alarmed at.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The two ladies continued to talk, to re-urge the same admitted truths, and enforce them with such examples of the ill effect of a contrary practice as had fallen within their observation, but Anne heard nothing distinctly; it was only a buzz of words in her ear, her mind was in confusion.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Compared to the vinca-site binding agents, these ligands have distinctly different chemical structures, resulting in unique interactions with the sulfhydryl residues, and perhaps with other structures on the tubulin protein, thereby producing different physiological effects which do not fully mimic those of the vinca-site ligands.

(Maytansine-Site Binding Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Mammals express at least four distinctly regulated groups of MAPKs, extracellular signal-related kinases (ERK)-1/2, Jun amino-terminal kinases (JNK1/2/3), p38 proteins (p38alpha/beta/gamma/delta) and ERK5, that are activated by specific MAPKKs: MEK1/2 for ERK1/2, MKK3/6 for the p38, MKK4/7 (JNKK1/2) for the JNKs, and MEK5 for ERK5.

(MAPK Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)