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French
Etymology
From net + -ment.
Pronunciation
Adverb
nettement
- neatly, cleanly, clearly
- 1903 July–October, Henri Beaunis, “Contribution à la psychologie du rêve”, in The American Journal of Psychology, Volume XIV, Number 3–4, page 13,
Dans mes rêves, les images visuelles ont à peu près les mêmes caractères de vague et d’indécision; en général les objets sont vus plus nettement que les personnages, les mots plus que les objets, les dessins (dessins d’anatomie et d’histologie par exemple), les cartes plus nettement encore.- In my dreams, visual images have about the same characteristics of vagueness and indecision; in general objects are seen more clearly than characters, words more than objects, designs (designs of anatomy and of histology for example) and maps more clearly yet.
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