b
: with distinctness : not confusedly : without a blending or merging of one thing with another
the efforts of the writers to paint distinctly and separately these six heads—
Irving Babbitt that which is clearly and distinctly conceived as the truth—C. W. Hendel
c
: clearly, obviously, unequivocally
the end which Charles distinctly proposed to himself—T. B. Macaulay the younger of the two boys is distinctly the brighter
: decidedly
the boy was distinctly angry when he lashed out with his fists
d
: distinctively
his characters are distinctly Irish—University of Arizona Record the swamp forests are a distinctly southern plant community—American Guide Series: North Carolina
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