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Adverb: clearly  kleer-lee
  1. Without doubt or question
    "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy"
     
  2. In an intelligible manner
    "the foreigner spoke to us quite clearly";
    - intelligibly, understandably
     
  3. Clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
    "I could clearly see myself in his situation";
    - distinctly
     
  4. In an easily perceptible manner
    "could be seen clearly under the microscope";
    - clear
     
  5. Unmistakably; visibly clear; in an evident manner
    - obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain, obvs [non-standard, informal]

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