CLEARLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does clearly mean? 

• CLEARLY (adverb)
  The adverb CLEARLY has 4 senses:

1. without doubt or question

2. in an intelligible manner

3. clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

4. in an easily perceptible manner

  Familiarity information: CLEARLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEARLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without doubt or question

Context example:

history has clearly shown the folly of that policy

Pertainym:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an intelligible manner

Synonyms:

clearly; intelligibly; understandably

Context example:

the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly

Pertainym:

clear (readily apparent to the mind)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

Synonyms:

clearly; distinctly

Context example:

I could clearly see myself in his situation

Sense 4

Meaning:

In an easily perceptible manner

Synonyms:

clear; clearly

Context example:

She cried loud and clear

Pertainym:

clear (clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible)

 Context examples 

You might be a trader or stockbroker, or if you are a producer working in TV, you might be charged with the task of presenting financial trends clearly to the public.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"We also hope that will give patients a better chance at recovery, even though there are no clearly effective, specific treatments right now."

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)

Though this structure was formed from several hundred glomeruli, and humans have about a million in their kidneys — this is clearly a major advance.

(Scientists Create Functioning Kidney Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Ea is clearly a master wordsmith who is able to compress multiple simultaneous meanings into one duplicitous utterance.

(‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story, University of Cambridge)

It was clearly strong enough, because it worked for months, years, just fine.

(Discovery may lead to osteoporosis treatment, National Science Foundation)

Before you scramble to dump out all those artificial sweeteners, researchers note this study doesn’t clearly say whether they are better or worse than sugar.

(Artificial Sweeteners Can Still Lead to Obesity, Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Though the structure isn’t as clearly circular as the Hiawatha crater, MacGregor estimated the second crater’s diameter at 22.7 miles.

(NASA Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice, NASA)

This area, known as the Ross Sea Polynya, absorbs solar heat quickly in summer and this solar heat source is clearly influencing melting in the ice shelf cavity.

(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We can see clearly from the report, there are no results from scientific studies yet.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

The newly identified 57 variants of the DLC1 gene were clearly associated with the fluctuation in oxygen levels during sleep.

(Researchers identify genetic variations linked to oxygen drops during sleep, National Institutes of Health)