1
[ adverb ] clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment

Synonyms

clearly

Examples

"it's distinctly possible" "I could clearly see myself in his situation"

Used in print

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

Particularly hard for the therapist to grasp are those instances in_which the patient is manifesting an introject traceable to something in the therapist , some aspect of the therapist of which the latter is himself only poorly aware , and the recognition of which , as a part of himself , he finds distinctly unwelcome .

(George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)

Casey heard the voice distinctly and he knew who it was , but it took him a while to make the mental readjustment and control the disturbance inside his head .

Related terms

distinct distinct

2
[ adverb ] in a distinct and distinguishable manner

Examples

"the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion"

Related terms

distinct distinct

3
[ adverb ] to a distinct degree

Examples

"urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate"

Related terms

distinct distinct

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