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distinctually

distinctually adverb: in a distinctual manner.

Adverb

distinctually (comparative more distinctually, superlative most distinctually)

  1. In a distinctual manner.
    • As to Colours, they depend on the Situation of the Parts of the Bodies, and Light has no more Share in them than to brighten and diſtinctually to diſcover them to our Eyes;1724, John Conrad Francis de Hatzfeld, The Case of the Learned, London: […] the Author, page 82
    • And presently sure ’nough her legs begin falling distinctually to the ground.1854 April 6, “Hillcox vs. Jawson”, in Fayetteville Observer, volume III, number 285, Fayeteville, N.C.

Examples of distinctually in a sentence

  • His mama met the solium procession at the door, and after keerfully looking her orfspring over, she said, “My son, I see how it is distinctually.1866 September 8, Artemus Ward [pen name; Charles Farrar Browne], “Artemus Ward in London”, in Punch, volume LI, London: […] the Office...
  • “Are that all?” I pronounce distinctually.1924 March 23, Wallace Irwin, “Letters Of A Japanese Schoolboy: Togo Prefers His Own Style Of Beauty”, in The Sun, volume 24, number 12D...

Forms of distinctually

comparativemore distinctually
superlativemost distinctually

Questions about distinctually

What does distinctually mean?
Distinctually means in a distinctual manner.
How do you use distinctually in a sentence?
His mama met the solium procession at the door, and after keerfully looking her orfspring over, she said, “My son, I see how it is distinctually.
What part of speech is distinctually?
Distinctually is an adverb.

Words near distinctually in the dictionary

  1. distinctness
  2. distinctnesses
  3. distinctor
  4. distinctors
  5. distinctual
  6. distinctually
  7. distincture
  8. Distington
  9. distingue
  10. distinguee
  11. distinguish

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