DISTINCTLY in a Sentence
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271 example sentences for DISTINCTLY, such as:
1. I saw her haggard, listening face distinctly.
2. I never thought of anything about myself, distinctly.
3. This distinction is of absolutely central importance.
4. The quality of the hotel food is distinctly variable.
5. We must draw a clear distinction between right and wrong.
2. I never thought of anything about myself, distinctly.
3. This distinction is of absolutely central importance.
4. The quality of the hotel food is distinctly variable.
5. We must draw a clear distinction between right and wrong.
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Meanings and Examples of DISTINCTLY
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distinctly
ad. clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
ad. to a distinct degree
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.
2 I discovered more distinctly the black sides of Jura, and the bright summit of Mont Blanc.
3 Oftener, however, its credibility rested on the faith of some lonely eye-witness, who beheld the wonder through the coloured, magnifying, and distorted medium of his imagination, and shaped it more distinctly in his after-thought.
4 These, perhaps, if more distinctly heard, might have been only a grosser medium, and have clogged the spiritual sense.
5 When at last he stopped outside our door, I could hear his finger tracing over the painted letters of my name, and I afterwards distinctly heard him breathing in at the keyhole.
6 I can do it better by this light than by a stronger, for my hand is steadiest when I don't see the poor blistered patches too distinctly.
7 I distinctly understood that he was working himself up with its contents to make an end of me.
8 I trembled without distinctly knowing why, and still looked at her earnestly, making no attempt to answer.
9 I never thought of anything about myself, distinctly.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
10 Miss Mowcher listened to these words, which were very slowly and distinctly spoken, with her head on one side, and her eye in the air as if she were still looking for that answer.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
11 I saw her haggard, listening face distinctly.
12 To improve it, we all distinctly heard Jip give two short barks, and receive another choke.
13 He looked so wistfully into my face, and was so anxious to understand, that I took great pains to answer him slowly and distinctly, as I might have entered on an explanation to a child.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
14 I saw her, distinctly, and the whole power of her face and character seemed forced into that expression.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
15 ; and has distinctly done so in one instance, capable of proof by me.
Example Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
1 In the gathering gloom it was difficult to see anything distinctly.
2 In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings.
3 I distinctly remember Jane saying that the show started at eight.
4 The quality of the hotel food is distinctly variable.
5 When I wear red I feel vibrant and like a sexy vixen, when I wear grey I feel distinctly dowdy.
6 He has gained a distinction in various fields of scholarly studies.
7 This distinction is of absolutely central importance.
8 We must draw a clear distinction between right and wrong.
9 It's sometimes very difficult to draw a clear distinction between the meanings of different words.
10 He has the distinction of being regarded as the Federal Republic's greatest living writer.
11 When distinction disguises the smile, is the final farewell tune.
12 There is a sharp distinction between crimes which involve injury to people and those that don't.
13 But then to avoid confusion we need some way of marking the participant role distinction.
14 In addition to the main distinction based on participant roles, the person system may be organized along a variety of other dimensions.
15 In answering these questions, it is important to recall the distinction made earlier between prescriptive and descriptive grammar.