Dictionary

distinctly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /dɪˈstɪŋktli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English distinct Middle English -ly English -ly English distinctly From distinct + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a distinct manner.
   • "Aloud," he said distinctly, "the Seven Words are spoken thus. Melenkurion abatha. Duroc minas mill. Harad khabaal." 2007, Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant, →ISBN, page 192:
   • Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy. 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 17, in Well Tackled!:
   • I distinctly remember the voice of my deceased grandmother.
   • 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; […] 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:

Forms

Antonyms

indistinctly

Translations (32)

ru чётко (in a distinct manner) · ru я́сно (in a distinct manner) · fr distinctement (in a distinct manner) · hi स्पष्टतः (in a distinct manner) · ru отчётливо (in a distinct manner) · cmn 明顯地 /明显地 (in a distinct manner) · ru членоразде́льно (in a distinct manner) · hi सुस्पष्ट रूप से (in a distinct manner) · hi सुभिन्नतः (in a distinct manner) · bg отчетливо (in a distinct manner) · es distintamente (in a distinct manner) · ca distintament (in a distinct manner) · hi स्पष्ट रूप से (in a distinct manner) · ja はっきりと (in a distinct manner) · hi सुस्पष्टतया (in a distinct manner) · gl distintamente (in a distinct manner) · cmn 顯然地 /显然地 (in a distinct manner) · hi स्पष्टता से (in a distinct manner) · hi भिन्नतः (in a distinct manner) · de deutlich (in a distinct manner) · ru вня́тно (in a distinct manner) · pt distintamente (in a distinct manner) · uk вира́зно (in a distinct manner) · hi सुस्पष्टतः (in a distinct manner) · it distintamente (in a distinct manner) · hi सुस्पष्टता से (in a distinct manner) · bg ясно (in a distinct manner) · la disertim (in a distinct manner) · te స్పష్టంగా (in a distinct manner) · uk чі́тко (in a distinct manner) · hi साफ़-साफ़ (in a distinct manner) · hi स्पष्टतया (in a distinct manner)