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clearly

  • adverb
  • /ˈklɪɚli/

In a clear manner.

Example

“He enunciated every syllable clearly.”

Other meanings

  1. Without a doubt; obviously.

    “Clearly, the judge erred in his opinion.”

  2. To a degree clearly discernible.

    “He was clearly wrong on all points but one.”

Example sentences

  • “To be honest, I'm not thinking very clearly lately.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Can you hear me clearly?”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “He's clearly got something wrong with him, whatever it is.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "clerli".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “clearly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.