Crossword clues for clearly
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
clearly
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clearly convey sth
▪ His tone of voice clearly conveyed his disgust.
clearly delineated
▪ The boundaries of these areas should be clearly delineated.
clearly evident
▪ It was clearly evident that the company was in financial difficulties.
clearly marked
▪ All school uniform should be clearly marked with the child’s name.
clearly
▪ She was simply too tired to think clearly.
clearly/easily/readily distinguishable
▪ The cheese is easily distinguishable by its colour.
clearly/obviously embarrassed (=in a way that is obvious to other people)
▪ He was clearly embarrassed about what had happened.
clearly/plainly visible
▪ The fracture was clearly visible on the X-ray.
clearly/well defined
▪ The tasks will be clearly defined by the tutor.
express sth clearly (=express an idea or opinion in a way that other people can understand)
▪ He expresses his views very clearly.
obviously/clearly/visibly relieved
▪ She was obviously relieved to have escaped.
remember clearly/vividly/distinctly (=well, with a lot of detail)
▪ I remember clearly how I used to feel as a child in church on Sundays.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
defined
▪ Along with the review of existing data, a clearly defined set of objectives needs to be defined.
▪ It appeared to roll forward and unfold under its own natural momentum, to reach its clearly defined objectives.
▪ Decisions about people's claims for benefits should be based on clearly defined principles and ascertainable facts.
▪ It may seem, so far, that in terms of clearly defined benefits, the client comes off best out of the deal.
▪ It has a number of clearly defined aims to pursue over the next three years.
▪ Second, vendors could concentrate on clearly defined niche markets.
▪ These phases and the difficulties of separating them reflect the fact that mental processes are not subject to clearly defined distinctions and boundaries.
▪ The lines in his face had deepened into clearly defined wrinkles.
evident
▪ The principle of the separation of powers is, for example, clearly evident in his views on administrative law.
▪ In spite of their burdens, endearing qualities are often clearly evident.
▪ Saline alluvial soils have high levels of exchangeable sodium and the effects of gleying are clearly evident.
▪ The change of focus is clearly evident.
▪ The need for reregulation superimposed upon any underlying tendency towards competitive freedom is clearly evident.
▪ Some of these symptoms may be so extreme that the psychotic quality of the condition is clearly evident.
▪ Normally the trainer will go through a reproduced interview and discuss the good and bad points which are usually clearly evident.
▪ However falteringly, the Precautionary Principle is clearly evident in many of the decisions now being taken.
visible
▪ Yes, it was clearly visible.
▪ Professor Briedis holds on, pointing to the word napkins clearly visible on the box.
▪ In most cases the thieves targeted cars which had been left with bags or other valuables clearly visible.
▪ And it was no longer a point of light; it had begun to show a clearly visible disk.
▪ The stone walls of the bottom part of the wall section are clearly visible but most of the structure is ivy-clad.
▪ Against the pale background the plankton which swarmed on the surface were clearly visible.
▪ Stick-mikes are the all-rounders of the audio world, but when used for video their size makes them clearly visible on shot.
▪ The clearly visible wing bands enable individual birds to be identified and detailed records of their growth to be kept.
■ VERB
define
▪ I was a general at the head of an army, and the objectives were clearly defined.
▪ Your clearly defined mission statement will help you to focus on what you really want out of your entrepreneurial life.
▪ The institution is expected to wait until investigations are complete and criminal responsibilities are more clearly defined before bringing charges.
▪ The clearly defined black spots and red bands of courage that set the rainbow apart from other trout are truly remarkable.
▪ The demarcation between black and rust is to be clearly defined.
▪ Plot: It should be clearly defined and complex enough to keep the reader involved.
▪ We need clearly defined job descriptions, a clear understanding of our role and the level of our personal accountability.
▪ Exposure to any of those poses risks, although the amounts involved and the long-term effects are still not clearly defined.
demonstrate
▪ Despite differences between the member states, the development of the community clearly demonstrates a process of integration.
▪ P J Desmond Clearly demonstrated the complexity of the issues in a well-argued presentation which suffered at times from being a little unfocussed.
▪ Looking at the economic mess this country is in demonstrates clearly that we need some guidelines and we need them fast.
▪ Thus, together, they demonstrate clearly some of the tensions within modern views about land and society.
▪ The debacle of the 1971-3 property boom clearly demonstrated the significant extent to which city development was impacted by national economic policy.
▪ Children in primary school playgrounds clearly demonstrate an instinctive pleasure in rhythm, pattern and rhyme.
▪ This study demonstrates clearly the way many therapists are influenced by their colleagues to look for the abnormal.
establish
▪ The function of the parliamentary state secretaries has not yet been clearly established.
▪ She dressed Jane in rags to make her look bad to establish clearly the undesirability of another female in the house.
▪ It has also been clearly established that in the course of time evaluation of particular variants can change or even be reversed.
▪ This study was very focused, and clearly established the bottom line for obese men.
▪ When their guilt was clearly established...
▪ A starting point for any analysis of this nature must be to establish clearly how dreaming differs from waking consciousness.
identify
▪ The cameras clearly identified the property as it lay on the counter, and the vendors who produced it.
▪ Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care.
▪ The problem list facilitates communication among staff members and helps clearly identify exactly who has agreed to do what and when.
▪ It has clearly identified goals and outcomes that are readily measured.
▪ Students' Books and you will be reassured to note that grammar points are clearly identified, explained, and practised.
▪ Public schools should not teach metaphysics without clearly identifying them as such.
▪ The widening of awareness and gaining of new insight associated with the latter is clearly identified with the aesthetic domain.
▪ Which is more important and can we clearly identify the key variable?
indicate
▪ This clearly indicates that, in these cases, the singularity in this region is a non-scalar curvature singularity.
▪ Every act and movement of the Union commander... clearly indicated his purpose to discard bullets and depend upon bayonets.
▪ This book clearly indicates the problems, and some of the ways they might be solved.
▪ But progress has varied dramatically, as various demographic surveys clearly indicate.
▪ Our analysis should clearly indicate the several blind alleys which Frey here explores.
▪ While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.
▪ On the other hand, they can clearly indicate differences in ways of doing something.
▪ But the record clearly indicates that ordinance came about primarily due to the efforts of McKasson and Councilman Steve Leal.
intend
▪ These large juries were clearly intended to provide a reasonably representative sample of popular opinion.
▪ It is clearly intended to be an opening into another aspect of awareness.
▪ In June 1177 he sent envoys to Paris bearing demands which were clearly intended to bring matters to a head.
▪ Here he speaks to others and clearly intends them to hear.
▪ They clearly intended to throw Haider into the canal.
▪ Mr Major clearly intends to fight hard to minimise any constitutional changes.
▪ A simple still life, then, but one that was clearly intended to exemplify the contemporary crisis in agriculture.
mark
▪ Look for details on delivery charges, they should be clearly marked in all ads.
▪ The radio controls are rather low in the center of the dash but are large and marked clearly enough.
▪ They are clearly marked on the map from the campsite.
▪ Trays are clearly marked with patient name and room number. 2.
▪ The Daemonettes have the symbol of Slaanesh clearly marked on their foreheads.
▪ In January, the teams finally ended their drawn-out discussions with a map that clearly marks the boundary.
▪ All books and possessions, should be clearly marked with the owner's name and class.
▪ Her editor said the second column had been sent to the Union-Tribune clearly marked as a repeat.
remember
▪ One horrifying event she still clearly remembers occurred on Ferry Lane.
▪ Some things he would remember clearly.
▪ He remembered clearly that Murray had asked if he had any mail, and his instinct was to tell the truth.
▪ I remember clearly that it was on 1 March that I went to see her.
▪ We both remembered clearly the suit the man was wearing.
▪ Small acts of kindness were clearly remembered years after the event.
▪ I remember clearly the first time he played our first single.
▪ In any case, I clearly remember one evening that was unambiguously happy.
see
▪ This may not seem much, but it indicates that it clearly sees the dangers of the competition.
▪ Nicholas Humphrey, a Cambridge psychologist, was the first to see clearly the solution to this puzzle.
▪ The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.
▪ Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
▪ The warm summer air was clear, and the smoke could be clearly seen billowing straight up.
▪ By the time whole areas up to the sixteenth floor were visible, David Childs's intentions could be seen clearly.
▪ Details of decorative paintwork were visible on his left side although only the lower portion of the work could be seen clearly.
▪ He could not clearly see the picture that is called a word.
show
▪ Yesterday's trade figures showed clearly that export volumes were at record levels even in a worldwide economic downturn.
▪ It clearly shows that revenue and total cost are treated as simple linear functions of the number of units produced and sold.
▪ The Halifax's strategic approach is most clearly shown in two big steps it did not take.
▪ As the Reidys' lives clearly show, sharing parenting helps to maintain mutual respect and closeness in a marriage.
▪ Canon law was the statement of how society was to be governed and here Innocent's monarchic views are clearly shown.
▪ These abilities have been most clearly shown for some epileptics whose corpus callosum has been severed.
▪ Third, the results clearly show the non-equivalence between tariffs and quotas in the presence of oligopoly.
▪ The results of numerous studies from around the world clearly show that both genes and the environment influence drinking behavior.
state
▪ But, equally, Labour has to state clearly that the productive economy is more important that monetary.
▪ The bid document stated clearly that a private organizing committee, and not city government, would raise money and build venues.
▪ Send us your clippings, stating clearly where they have come from and the date.
▪ He clearly states that force is inherent in all substances-physical as well as spiritual.
▪ Throughout the Student's Book, the key language of each unit is clearly stated at the beginning.
▪ The development of overall program goals to be achieved by clearly stated objectives which relate to teacher needs and expectations. 3.
▪ You will need an introduction which states clearly what you are talking about and why.
▪ Clearly state what you want and make it worthwhile not to step over the line of intolerable behavior.
think
▪ She finds it hard to think clearly about Charles.
▪ He could think clearly but could not speak or write.
▪ Mr Major clearly thinks she is now ready for high office.
▪ I have been unable to think clearly this entire day because you have taken up all the space in my head.
▪ Pain prevented him from thinking clearly.
▪ Fire kept flashing in the cave, dazzling her, and it was getting harder and harder to think clearly.
▪ For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically.
▪ It is easier to think clearly with short sentences than long ones.
understand
▪ On the other hand such propositions need to be clearly understood, and, sadly, often they are not.
▪ Do the executives clearly understand why the consultant is there?
▪ Bryn Terfel also deserves special mention as a stunning bass who is actually in tune, and whose words are clearly understood.
▪ But Darrow understood clearly the meaning of injustice, and all his life fought against it.
▪ The people of Britain will understand clearly that to achieve that they must vote Labour.
▪ When expenses are itemized, feasibility of the project is more clearly understood.
▪ I can very clearly understand obsessiveness, and the people who write to me see that I understand obsession and preciousness.
▪ Had she not understood clearly, it might well have cost her her life.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be well/clearly/badly signposted
▪ Big Pit is about a male out of Blaenafon on the B4248, and is well signposted.
▪ There are well signposted walks, some of them offering views of the snow-topped Alps.
carefully/clearly/strongly etc worded
▪ A strongly worded White House statement on March 7 had appealed for international support in stopping the operation of the Rabta plant.
▪ His criticisms have become so predictable and strongly worded that they are counter-productive.
▪ In a carefully worded address, Wyman argued the paradoxical facts.
▪ In a strongly worded letter this week to several dozen television stations, Rep.
▪ On the eve of the talks, the two sides had exchanged strongly worded statements on the issue.
▪ Once again, the agency sent a strongly worded warning letter, but took no punitive action.
▪ Pete Wilson yesterday, drawing a strongly worded veto but defining the battle lines after months of debate and anguished decisions.
▪ The agreement was carefully worded to give some satisfaction to both parties.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Clearly, the racial problems in America have no easy answers.
▪ I'm sorry I forgot - I'm just not thinking clearly today.
▪ Slow down and speak more clearly.
▪ The map clearly shows all the trails where bikes are allowed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As of now, the advantage clearly lies with Bush.
▪ It is for this reason that technical terms be clearly defined in this section of the proposal.
▪ It was clearly a case of workers trying to use union muscle to hold off reality.
▪ One clearly lay south of the road near the north-west gate, where Stukeley recorded urn burials and Artis noted stone coffins.
▪ Severe spina bifida was the first condition in which a policy of selective non-treatment was clearly enunciated.
▪ Some of these faces belonged to men and others were clearly women.
▪ These are taken-for-granted groupings which assume some form of unity within each category without ever clearly identifying the source of this unity.
▪ This debate will no doubt continue, and clearly no project is either a complete success or a dismal failure.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clearly
Clearly \Clear"ly\, adv. In a clear manner.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
clearly
adv. 1 (context manner English) In a clear manner. 2 (context modal English) Without a doubt; obviously.
WordNet
clearly
adv. without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy"
in an intelligible manner; "the foreigner spoke to us quite intelligibly" [syn: intelligibly, understandably] [ant: unintelligibly]
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment; "it's distinctly possible"; "I could clearly see myself in his situation" [syn: distinctly]
in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear" [syn: clear]
Usage examples of "clearly".
Clearly you have aided and abetted a traitor to escape justice, and you will be remanded.
A vial of that which is first passed in the morning, should be sent with the history of the case, as chronic rheumatism effects characteristic changes in this excretion, which clearly and unmistakably indicate the abnormal condition of the fluids of the body upon which the disease depends.
This created a problem because Florida law clearly requires all overseas absentee ballots to be postmarked by Election Day and received within ten days after the election.
The Wests clearly made sure Carol Ann Cooper could neither move nor cry out when they abused her.
The heart and facial features were clearly outlined with bright red achiote and the entire figure was torn with lance marks.
On my view of characters being of real importance for classification, only in so far as they reveal descent, we can clearly understand why analogical or adaptive character, although of the utmost importance to the welfare of the being, are almost valueless to the systematist.
Get it clearly into your mind: one ingenuity of the nicotine trap is that, like all drug addiction, it is designed to keep you hooked, and that the more it adversely affects your health and purse, the more securely you appear to be hooked.
It requires but little discrimination to distinguish very clearly the peculiar bitterness of quassia in adulterated porter.
A furious fire was opened on the advancing troops, who were clearly visible in the light of a full moon.
Slowly Brandt climbed to the top of the sail from the aft bulkhead of the cockpit, keeping low to the top of the structure where he could see clearly yet not be picked off from the deck.
I decided on the journey here that if Lady Agatine was not to be allowed what I may call Foster Mother-Right, then I would place an option before the Council that clearly favors her Blood Mother-Right.
The ailing vampire met my eyes, clearly wanting to talk to me, but DeLavine took his other arm in a show of concern born from memory, not love, and escorted him to the door.
Finally Aileron put up a hand, his chest so convulsed with laughter that he clearly could barely get a word out.
Their aircraft, milling about north of Chiang Mai, stood out clearly on radar, and his scouts had reported Thai airmobile forces gathering several kilometers to the southeast.
Clearly, the picture the old sailor had aken of them was the best one.