distinguishably

adverb

Definition of distinguishablynext
as in distinctly

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  1. distinctly
  2. clearly
  3. plainly
  4. perceptibly
  5. discernibly
Adverb
  • Industry expectations are distinctly low for the Japanese government’s ambitious plans to support overseas sales of domestic content.
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This distinctly North Korean punishment, used especially to discipline and defenestrate high officials, strips a person of office and sends him to perform physical labor and political reeducation, often in the countryside.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinctly
Adverb
  • Yet the reporting does not clearly distinguish between regional conditions that increase risk and findings establishing why these buildings developed mold.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The authors acknowledge the tax code doesn’t clearly define wagering, and neither courts nor the IRS have stated a position on whether sports event contracts count as wagers under tax law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of clearly
Adverb
  • And while reports of offset drama have gained traction, Acaster has plainly not enjoyed himself in that cloak.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The following year, a New York sportswriter named Aloysious Palma made the point plainly.
    — Zachary Kranc, Sun Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of plainly
Adverb
  • Sometime around the pandemic, Vanhée’s clothes got perceptibly more outspoken.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • But the burden of trying to achieve something everyone craved unintentionally, but perceptibly, skewed their priorities.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of perceptibly
Adverb
  • Although something is discernibly missing—the sound of music.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There are no star turns, no parts that are discernibly meatier, no actor without a fully dimensional character to play, irrespective of their screen time.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Definition of discernibly
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