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clearly

  • /ˈklɪɚli/ US
  • /ˈklɪəli/ UK
  • /ˈkliːɹli/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)li

Where it comes from

From Middle English clerli, clerely, clerelych, cleerliche, clerliche.

By surface analysis, clear + (adverbial) -ly.

adverb more clearly · clearlier · most clearly · clearliest

  1. In a clear manner. He enunciated every syllable clearly.
  2. modal Without a doubt; obviously. Clearly, the judge erred in his opinion.
  3. To a degree clearly discernible. He was clearly wrong on all points but one.

Similar: unambiguously, obviously

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