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clearly

adverb/ˈklɪɚli/

What It Means

In a clear manner.

Without a doubt; obviously.

To a degree clearly discernible.

He was clearly wrong on all points but one.

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Clearly in Context

“While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.”

— 2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2023

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From Middle English clerli, clerely, clerelych, cleerliche, clerliche. By surface analysis, clear + (adverbial) -ly.

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