Thesaurus results for CLEARLY

clearly

adverb

ˈklir-lē

Definition of clearly

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 The Chargers played their starters for brief stints in the team’s second and third preseason games, but clearly that wasn’t enough. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 This has clearly been a week where a lot more people are grappling with the issues in front of us. — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 Modeling was far from the first thing on her mind, and yet, a scout who spotted her inside the train car could see her runway career clearly. — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026 But our heroine, who’s clearly still possessed by the superhuman poise that Yeoh has weaponized across her brilliant career, is unconvinced. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clearly

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearly

Adverb

None of the resolutions have made it to the president's desk, where Trump would almost certainly veto the measure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Standing in the backyard of a house situated near a neighboring golf course, rider screams are certainly audible, and residents said the consistency of them is destroying their quality of life.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of certainly

Adverb

Both were competitive, and huge television ratings will surely follow.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Zendaya was surely hard to miss on the red carpet, dazzling in a custom Prada gown embellished with what appeared to be silver sequins and appliqués and sheer white fabric at the low-cut neckline.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of surely

Adverb

The trees Bill Thompson pointed to, just beyond Fred's property, sure didn't look like a cemetery.

— Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Pattinson sure is scary, though, at one point framed with a Kubrick stare but here with his head and eyes tilted downward as a river of rain washes over a window and down on the night.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of sure

Adverb

Eddie Hall, probably the UK’s most famous strongman, won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017 and was the first to deadlift 500kg.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
For example, everyone on the boat and probably innocent citizens in Dubrovnik can tell that Kat and Cooper are still an item.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of probably

Adverb

The player who really caught the eye, though, was Ao Tanaka, whose superb performance helped Leeds control midfield.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
And although showing the documentary in New York was exciting, what Valencia and Zegarra really wanted was to release it in Peru.

— Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026