distinctly

English

Etymology

distinct +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

distinctly (comparative more distinctly, superlative most distinctly)

1. In a distinct manner.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.

   • 2007, Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant, ISBN 978-0-399-15446-1, p. 192,

     "Aloud," he said distinctly, "the Seven Words are spoken thus. Melenkurion abatha. Duroc minas mill. Harad khabaal."

Antonyms

• indistinctly

Translations

in a distinct manner

• Catalan: distintament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顯然地 (cmn), 显然地 (cmn) (xiǎnrán de), 明顯地 (cmn), 明显地 (cmn) (míngxiǎn de)

• French: distinctement (fr)
• Galician: distintamente (gl)
• German: deutlich (de)

• Italian: distintamente (it)
• Japanese: はっきりと (ja) (hakkiri to)
• Portuguese: distintamente (pt)
• Russian: отчётливо (ru) (otčótlivo), чётко (ru) (čótko), ясно (ru) (jásno), внятно (ru) (vnjátno) (audibly), членораздельно (ru) (členorazdélʹno) (audibly, articulately)