distinctly

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English

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Etymology

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From distinct +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dɪˈstɪŋktli/
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Adverb

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distinctly (comparative more distinctly, superlative most distinctly)

  1. In a distinct manner.
    I distinctly remember the voice of my deceased grandmother.
    • 1880 [1610 March 13], Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, “The Astronomical Messenger”, in Edward Stafford Carlos, transl., The Sidereal Messenger of Galileo Galilei and a Part of the Preface to Kepler's Dioptrics Containing the Original Account of Galileo's Astronomical Discoveries: A Translation with Introduction and Notes, London: Rivingtons, translation of Sidereus Nuncius: […] , →OCLC, page 10:
      About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; […]
    • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in 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, page 192:
      "Aloud," he said distinctly, "the Seven Words are spoken thus. Melenkurion abatha. Duroc minas mill. Harad khabaal."

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