clearly
- adverb
- /ˈklɪrli/
- She explained the rules of the game clearly so everyone understood how to play.
- clearly demonstrate
- clearly needs
- clearly benefits
I think the answers are clearly no, yes and no.
- I think the answers are clearly no, yes and no.
- That's fine, but you clearly don't have the time.
- I don't see it as clearly black and white as that.
- I, you know, she clearly never loved me, really.
- Well, that's a dig at Joe Biden, quite clearly justified.
- That was clearly leaked and clearly made.
- I'm building a birdhouse so clearly I'm not doing well.
- But you're trying and you clearly have the intent.
- Like that would be clearly sending a sexual signal.
- What Alice says happens now is clearly not what you think happens now.
- So Stalin's idea is clearly a wise idea.
- Live streaming, phone to phone, peer-to-peer is clearly here.
- We just came off of Bill Clinton, who clearly had impulse control issues.
- But not like being horrible to him, clearly, like moodiness.
Examples
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And this is, you know, quite clearly not true.
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But it is clearly reaching a crisis.
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Now, in terms of the story, clearly it's brilliant.
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And if you do, tell them because clearly they do not.
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So this is clearly a taste wonder.
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I think the answers are clearly no, yes and no.
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The point is, Paul Ryan is clearly the master.
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What Alice says happens now is clearly not what you think happens now.
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I don't see it as clearly black and white as that.
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In his whole life, no one had as clearly needed Rory as Marta did now.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
Completely and without any doubt
In a way that is easy to see or understand
Without any doubt
You say this when something is completely true
It is clear from facts or signs
A person uses clear, direct words so there is no doubt
In a way that is clear and easy to notice
In a clear and obvious way that is easy to understand
In a clear way that leaves no doubt
In a direct and firm way without avoiding the issue
Says or does something in a clear and final way that leaves no doubt
In a strong, definite way that shows no doubt
In a clear way that leaves no doubt
In a clear, certain way without any doubt
In a way that is for a clear, specific purpose
In a firm way that ends doubt and settles the matter
In a way that proves something and leaves no doubt
Clearly easy to see or understand
In a very clear, direct way that leaves no doubt
In a very clear way that people cannot mistake
In a way that is very clear to everyone
Clearly so people understand it in only one way
In a clear, exact way that is easy to understand
Says that something is certainly true
In a clear way people can easily understand
In a clear, honest way without hiding anything
Clearly and without any doubt
Idioms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clearly also comes from clear and the old Latin word clarus meaning 'bright' or 'obvious', so when something is said clearly it feels 'obvious' and leaves no doubt.