1 in a way that is easy to see or hear:
Please speak clearly after the tone. * It's difficult to see anything clearly in this mirror.
2 in a way that is sensible and easy to understand:
She explained everything very clearly.
3 used to emphasize that what you are saying is obvious and true:
Clearly, this will cost a lot more than we realized.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for clearly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is clearly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, clearly is tagged as adverb.
Does clearly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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