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English
Etymology
From distinct + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
distinctly (comparative more distinctly, superlative most distinctly)
- 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!: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
Translations
in a distinct manner
- Bulgarian: ясно (bg) (jasno), отчетливо (bg) (otčetlivo)
- Catalan: distintament (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 顯然地/显然地 (zh) (xiǎnrán de), 明顯地/明显地 (zh) (míngxiǎn de)
- French: distinctement (fr)
- Galician: distintamente
- German: deutlich (de)
- Hindi: सुभिन्नतः (subhinnataḥ), भिन्नतः (bhinnataḥ), सुस्पष्टता से (suspaṣṭatā se), सुस्पष्टतया (suspaṣṭatyā), सुस्पष्टतः (suspaṣṭataḥ), सुस्पष्ट रूप से (suspaṣṭ rūp se), साफ़-साफ़ (sāf-sāf), स्पष्टता से (spaṣṭatā se), स्पष्टतया (hi) (spaṣṭatyā), स्पष्टतः (hi) (spaṣṭataḥ), स्पष्ट रूप से (spaṣṭ rūp se)
- Italian: distintamente (it)
- 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)
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