distinctly

English

Etymology

distinct +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈtɪŋktli/

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Adverb

distinctly (comparative more distinctly, superlative most distinctly)

1. In a distinct manner.
   • 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."

Antonyms

• indistinctly

Translations

in a distinct manner

• Catalan: distintament (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• French: distinctement (fr)
• Galician: distintamente
• German: deutlich (de)
• Italian: distintamente (it)
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• Japanese: はっきりと (ja) (hakkiri to)
• Latin: disertim
• Portuguese: distintamente (pt)
• Russian: отчётливо (ru) (otčótlivo), чётко (ru) (čótko), я́сно (ru) (jásno), вня́тно (ru) (vnjátno) (audibly), членоразде́льно (ru) (členorazdélʹno) (audibly, articulately)
• Spanish: distintamente
• Telugu: స్పష్టంగా (spaṣṭaṅgā)