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clearly
[ kleer-lee ]
adverb
- in a clear manner:
It is difficult to explain complex matters clearly.
- without equivocation; decidedly:
It is clearly out of the question to drop the case.
clearly
/ ˈklɪəlɪ /
adverb
- in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
I could see everything quite clearly
- sentence modifier it is obvious that; evidently
clearly the social services must be flexible
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He was part of an extreme, racialized white faction in the Louisiana state house that was clearly dead-set against honoring King.
He served the community well, but he clearly has to make a decision based on why he left.
He gazed at the flowers and the flickering candles, clearly moved.
Clearly, the advances were not reciprocated but Williams “continued to talk about sucking dick.”
Kim Jung-un clearly recognizes that Hollywood and American popular culture in general constitute a dire threat.
There was no fighting; a rifle shot now and then from the crests where we saw our fellows clearly.
He spoke clearly and slowly, well knowing that some among the natives would understand him.
As Felipe talked with him, he perceived even more clearly how bitter and unjust his mother had been to Alessandro.
In Scotland and America that is distinguished and thought of clearly as the college stage.
Men cannot see the world clearly and they cannot, therefore, begin to think about it rightly.
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