as in certainly
without any question
your grandmother clearly needs to get her finances organized before she gets into further trouble
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Recent Examples of clearly
Mercedes-Benz clearly feels the same way.
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Brett Berk, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
Testarossa’s eDrive is clearly meant to transit European and UK net zero urban areas, allowing the owner to drive into, say the City of London, then switch to eDrive for the last few miles to the glass tower.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Every political leader must loudly and clearly decry this violence.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
That plan is clearly not working out.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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Brett Berk, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2025
Testarossa’s eDrive is clearly meant to transit European and UK net zero urban areas, allowing the owner to drive into, say the City of London, then switch to eDrive for the last few miles to the glass tower.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Every political leader must loudly and clearly decry this violence.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
That plan is clearly not working out.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clearly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearly
Adverb
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The phrase busy as a bee certainly applies to bees in June.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Living in California certainly has its perks.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Also, if the sesame balls with red bean paste pastries are available, then definitely try them for a post-noodle sweet treat.—
Shindy Chen,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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It’s named after—and home to—arguably one of the most iconic mountains in the country, and definitely the most iconic in Georgia.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Aside from these Netflix originals, the streaming platform is also home to a vast number of other documentary films and series that will surely stand the test of time and span a variety of topics.—
Christopher Rosa,
Glamour,
10 Sep. 2025
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For Barker, announcing the deal with three of Hollywood’s great horror producers surely helped drive anticipation for Obsession and drove Focus and other buyers to mark it as a must-watch out of the festival.—
Aaron Couch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The team sure did just that upon arrival at the airport late Wednesday.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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As Nick in the present-adjacent day sure knows a hell of a lot about Dante Alighieri, perhaps the best person to criticize him and recognize his gaps in logic and knowledge, and how Nick is so profoundly screwing up his own life, would be Dante himself.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Competitively, the discontinuation probably worked for Kansas, which won no more than three games in any season between 2010 and 2022.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Djokovic, probably the greatest returner ever with probably the greatest backhand ever, took his backhand cut and sailed it long.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The house is haunted by a family of farmers that lived and died on the land, murdered horribly by the patriarch of the family, but really, the problem is the demon that controls the mirror and its dark reflections.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Panthers should probably promote practice-squad linebacker Krys Barnes in the coming weeks as insurance for Trevin Wallace, who was a major liability in Week 1 after a really strong summer.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Clearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clearly. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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