markedly

See also: markèdly

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From marked +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɑː.kɪd.li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɑɹ.kɪd.li/
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Adverb

markedly (comparative more markedly, superlative most markedly)

  1. In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.
    Being markedly different as a teenager can get you taunted; as an adult it can make you famous.
    • 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:
      Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.
    • 2017 May, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine‎[1]:
      Developments were markedly different in the Soviet zone, but ultimately ended in perhaps an even grimmer dead end: that of SED leader Walter Ulbricht’s thoroughly Stalinized German Democratic Republic (GDR).

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