Definition of Clearly

1. Adverb. Without doubt or question. "History has clearly shown the folly of that policy"

Partainyms: Clear

2. Adverb. In an intelligible manner. "The foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly"

3. Adverb. Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment. "I could clearly see myself in his situation"
Exact synonyms: Distinctly
Partainyms: Distinct

4. Adverb. In an easily perceptible manner. "She cried loud and clear"
Exact synonyms: Clear
Partainyms: Clear

Definition of Clearly

1. adv. In a clear manner.

Definition of Clearly

1. Adverb. (context: manner) In a clear manner. ¹

2. Adverb. (context: modal) Without a doubt; obviously. ¹

3. Adverb. (context: degree) To a degree clearly discernible. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Clearly

1. in a clear manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clearly

clearheadedness
clearie
clearies
clearing
clearing bank
clearing banks
clearing factors
clearing house
clearing houses
clearing medium
clearing out
clearing the decks
clearinghouse
clearinghouses
clearings
clearly (current term)
clearness
clearnesses
clearout
clearouts
clears
clears out
clearsighted
clearsightedly
clearsightedness
clearskin
clearskins
clearstarch
clearstarched
clearstarcher

Literary usage of Clearly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"CHAPTER VIII. — Explain Waldemar's first speech on page 86. Could any of the laws of the tournament be more clearly or more simply expressed ? ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"clearly he will. Possibly, I proceeded, this constitution may be the most beautiful of all. Embroidered as it is with every kind of character, ..."

3. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"Her silence clearly demonstrated that she knew nothing about the matter, and had failed to comprehend his meaning, so that out of complaisance he said to ..."

4. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"... HE IS NOW THIRTY YEARS OF AGE, AND UNDER THE TEACHING OF AMBROSE, PERCEIVED MORE AND MORF. clearly THE TRUTH OF CATHOLIC ..."

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