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distinguishably

distinguishably

6.9
In a way you can tell is different from others
  • adverb
  • /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbli/
translation icon : de manera distinguible
  • Her accent was distinguishably different from those of the locals, making her stand out.

Examples

  • The main street was crowded with townspeople watching for family and friends, tourists dressed in distinguishably foreign clothing, and two journalists carrying ponderous cameras.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The artist used colors that were distinguishably brighter than the others in her painting.

  • The two plants were distinguishably distinct in their leaf shapes and sizes.

Synonyms

distinctly
vsdistinguishably
76 3.2

In a way that is clear and easy to notice

is about being seen as unlike others rather than just clarity
distinctively
vsdistinguishably
7 4.5

In a way that makes someone or something clearly different and easy to notice

is about being able to be noticed as not the same as others
recognizably
vsdistinguishably
  • US
3 4.6

In a way that makes it easy to tell who or what something is

is about standing out as not the same rather than mere identifiability

How Distinguishable

unmistakably
13 4.1
distinctly
76 3.2
distinguishably
6.9
similarly
226 2.2

Surface Forms

distinguishably positive

Morphology

distinguishably = distinguishable (transparent) = distinguish + able + ly

Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'distinguishable', yielding a straightforward adverbial meaning.

Etymology

Distinguishably is related to distinct, which means 'clearly different'. The prefix dis- means 'apart', so the word gives the image of things 'seen apart' and therefore distinguishably means 'in a way you can tell apart'.