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distinctly

dɪˈstɪŋktli
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Portrait of a member of the WA. On its collar a distinctive with a star and a stripe below it. Braided shoulder cover. He is an ensign in the WA and belongs to the lower level. Older man with a crest, bare head.
Portrait of a member of the WA. On its collar a distinctive with a star and a stripe below it. Braided shoulder cover. He is an ensign in the WA and belongs to the lower level. Older man with a crest, bare head.
  1. (adv) distinctly
    clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment "it's distinctly possible","I could clearly see myself in his situation"
  2. (adv) distinctly
    to a distinct degree "urbanization in Spain is distinctly correlated with a fall in reproductive rate"
  3. (adv) distinctly
    in a distinct and distinguishable manner "the subtleties of this distinctly British occasion"
Illustrations
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive feature of a leaf with veins, function at NSB Headquarters, Head of Department? Triangular NSB emblem on his left sleeve. Older man, bare-headed.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive feature of a leaf with veins, function at NSB Headquarters, Head of Department? Triangular NSB emblem on his left sleeve. Older man, bare-headed.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On its collar a distinctive with three stripes: Circle Representative Fronten en Gilden (Circle was the smallest unit within a Front of Guild). Belt diagonally across the chest, on the left sleeve the triangular NSB emblem. Photographed almost en profile. Bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On its collar a distinctive with three stripes: Circle Representative Fronten en Gilden (Circle was the smallest unit within a Front of Guild). Belt diagonally across the chest, on the left sleeve the triangular NSB emblem. Photographed almost en profile. Bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with a revolving sun wheel: deputy Section Leader Fronten and Guilds. The triangular emblem of the NSB on his left sleeve. Bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with a revolving sun wheel: deputy Section Leader Fronten and Guilds. The triangular emblem of the NSB on his left sleeve. Bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the WA. On his collar a distinctive with two stripes: Guard, men. Belt across the chest. Cap with Wolfsangel on his head. Skinny face.
Portrait of a member of the WA. On his collar a distinctive with two stripes: Guard, men. Belt across the chest. Cap with Wolfsangel on his head. Skinny face.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with the Dutch lion and a stripe: administrative assistant. It is an older man with a handlebar mustache, bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with the Dutch lion and a stripe: administrative assistant. It is an older man with a handlebar mustache, bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On its collar a distinctive with a revolving solar wheel, deputy section leader Fronten and Guilds. Older man with glasses, head bare. Behind him a wooden fence.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On its collar a distinctive with a revolving solar wheel, deputy section leader Fronten and Guilds. Older man with glasses, head bare. Behind him a wooden fence.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar is a distinctive that resembles that of the Nederlandsch Agrarisch Front. It is an older man with a mustache, bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar is a distinctive that resembles that of the Nederlandsch Agrarisch Front. It is an older man with a mustache, bareheaded.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with a star and three stripes below: District Administrator. Older man with glasses, visible to waist, including hands. Edge negative visible.
Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with a star and three stripes below: District Administrator. Older man with glasses, visible to waist, including hands. Edge negative visible.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Jessica Tandy is the oldest winner of an Academy Award. She won the 1989 Best Actress award for Driving Miss Daisy at the age of 80 years and 9 months. She beat George Burns for that distinction by just a few months.
  1. distinctly
    In a distinct manner; with distinctness; not confusedly, unclearly, or obscurely; so as not to be confounded with anything else; without the blending of one part or thing with another: as, a proposition distinctly understood; a figure distinctly defined.
  2. distinctly
    Hence—2. Without doubt; obviously; evidently; incontrovertibly.
  3. distinctly
    Separately; in different places.
  4. distinctly
    Synonyms Distinctly, Clearly, explicitly, definitely, precisely, unmistakably. The first two are sometimes distinguished thus: I see it clearly — that is, fully outlined from all other objects; I see it distinctly—that is, with its features separate to the eye. This, however, is a rather uncommon refinement of meaning. See distinctively.
Quotations
Audrey Hepburn
I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.
Audrey Hepburn
But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity.
Sir Thomas Browne
William Blake
To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
William Blake
George Eliot
Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct ideas.
George Eliot
Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended.
Alfred North Whitehead
The highest of distinctions is service to others.
King George VI
Usage in the news

"Creating a distinctive print marketing piece used to mean printing thousands of copies and weeks to turnaround," said Eileen Gittins, Blurb 's CEO and founder. piworld.com

Bonobos and chimps have distinctly different behaviors that can be seen in humans, with bonobos displaying what might be thought of as our better angels, said Duke University researcher Brian Hare. csmonitor.com

Gibson is the agent who listed and quickly sold this distinctly unboxy Northbrook house. chicagomag.com

Rum's distinct history begins with its birth in the Caribbean in the 17th century, and it since has gone global, evolving into many iterations — añejo, silver, light, dark, spiced, etc. nightclub.com

Speaks during the Shawnee Council of the Girl Scouts' Women of Distinction luncheon in Martinsburg, W.Va. herald-mail.com

Toasted cashews both thicken the dressing and add a distinctive sweetness and body. post-gazette.com

With their own language and distinct culture, Catalans have long pushed for independence from Spain. gbh.org

Over the last five years, the distinction between records and knowledge management, information access, legal and compliance systems has blurred. metrocorpcounsel.com

Katy Winn, Getty Images for Distinctive Assets. 999ktdy.com

China is pursuing a distinctive response to the Internet. csmonitor.com

In the debate, he moved distinctly toward the center . ohio.com

CHICAGO – Pete Cosey , an innovative guitarist who brought his distinctive distorted sound to recordings with Miles Davis, Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters, has died, his daughter said. usatoday.com

Former Hilton Head Preparatory School headmistress Sue Groesbeck has been named a woman of distinction for the Toronto area by Distinctive Women magazine. islandpacket.com

The gage offers three distinct ways to initiate measurement. geartechnology.com

Every project needs two project managers with distinct roles to avoid conflicts of interest. fcw.com

Usage in scientific papers

For example, for the trivial 0-step walk, the number of distinct points reached is 1, for a 3-step walk, the walker reaches 3 distinct sites of the same color, and so on.
Directed Random Walks on Colored, Periodic Lattices: A Gauge Theoretic Approach

To each control area a distinct grid operator and a distinct control object are assigned.
Reliability Analysis of Electric Power Systems Using an Object-oriented Hybrid Modeling Approach

The distinctions being that [FV98] use the squared ℓ2 error (while we use the ℓ1 primarily for convenience) and [FV98] restrict A to make predictions which lie in V (a minor distinction).
(weak) Calibration is Computationally Hard

We say that a bipartite tree-rooted map is (ℓ, ℓ′ )-label led if it has ℓ black vertices labelled with distinct labels in [ℓ], and ℓ′ white vertices labelled with distinct labels in [ℓ′ ].
Separation probabilities for products of permutations

G[Wi ] contains a P -bridge attaching to at least three non-trivial foundational paths, then there exist 48 distinct indices i and three distinct non-trivial foundational paths P1 , P2 , P3 ∈ P such that G[Wi ] contains a P -bridge attaching to Pj for j = 1, 2, 3.
K_6 minors in 6-connected graphs of bounded tree-width

Usage in literature

At least three distinct substances are extracted from the hops in boiling. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3" by Various

In Buelow's writings there is evident a distinct contrast between the spirit of his strategical and that of his tactical ideas. "Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4" by Various

Here we have not only two distinct personalities, but two distinct characters, if not three, in one body. "Real Ghost Stories" by William T. Stead

There was no distinct copy of the whole, nothing to show what was of transitory importance, what of permanent value. "The Faith of Islam" by Edward Sell

Both, however, have very many more traits in common than they have marks of distinction. "The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria" by Morris Jastrow

He knew the fine distinction between drama and tragedy, the tragedy which nature prevails upon the sensitive to accept. "Adventures in the Arts" by Marsden Hartley

These are Monsieur Cuvier's distinctions; which he takes a world of pains to point out and prove. "The Boy Hunters" by Captain Mayne Reid

Let us look first to the two distinct and opposite answers, and next to the two distinct and opposite acts. "The Parables of Our Lord" by William Arnot

The subject of enunciation is generally treated as distinct from tone-production strictly speaking. "The Psychology of Singing" by David C. Taylor

Let us suppose further that, in many of these cases, a religious distinction was added to a national distinction. "Harvard Classics Volume 28" by Various

Usage in poetry
On other occasions, I am dozing in the midst
of people of some distinction,
and when I summon my courageous self,
a coward completely unknown to me
swaddles my poor skeleton
in a thousand tiny reservations.
The flowers grow not too close; and there within
Thou'lt see some half a dozen rosy brats,
Eating from wooden bowls their dainty milk—
Those are my mountain elves. Seest thou not
Their very forms distinctly?
Amazement chill'd the shepherd's frame,
To think Bridgewater's honour'd name
Should grace his rustic cell;
That she, on all whose motions wait
Distinction, titles, rank, and state,
Should rove where shepherds dwell.
But, oh, the echoes of those songs
That soothed our cares and lulled our hearts!
Not to that age nor this belongs
The glory of what heaven-born arts
Speak with the old distinctive charm
From yonder humble Sabine farm!
He saw a look of anger from her eyes distinctly dart,
For ANNIE was a woman, and had pity in her heart!
She wished him a good evening - he answered with a glare;
She only said, "Remember, for your ANNIE will be there!"
The wind blew, the hoarse ivy shook over her head,
She listen'd,—nought else could she hear.
The wind ceas'd, her heart sunk in her bosom with dread
For she heard in the ruins distinctly the tread
Of footsteps approaching her near.