What part of speech is clearly?

Clearly can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. clearly is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • clear 
    clearly
  • adjective: clear 
  • adverb: clearly

What does clearly mean?

Definitions

Adverb

clearly - without doubt or question; "they were clearly lost"; "history has clearly shown the folly of that policy"
clearly - in an easily perceptible manner; "could be seen clearly under the microscope"; "She cried loud and clear"

Examples of clearly

#   Sentence  
1. adv. They were clearly lost.
2. adv. History has clearly shown the folly of that policy.
3. adv. Could be seen clearly under the microscope.
4. adv. Karzai was clearly pleased at the results.
5. adv. Until now Pakistan has not facilitated such a return and clearly it cannot happen until there is both a pull from Kabul and a push from Islamabad.
6. adv. He clearly enjoyed, as governor, watching executions.
7. adv. He has clearly gone on enjoying killing people on a large scale in Iraq.
8. adv. It is clearly trying to develop nuclear weapons.
9. adv. "The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets.
10. adv. She puts mayonnaise on aspirin. (<- clearly the winner).
11. adv. As I have told RNR, I think we should advise Duke in writing that its IP is not in conformity with the contract, sinceit is in the alternative, and that our IP is hence the only one that will be before the arbitrators (since Duke clearly cannot change it's ineffective IP at this stage, having already seen ours).
12. adv. If you got the chance today, I should be really grateful if one of you could give me a call to discuss this issue; I think we should set out DPC's position clearly on this in correspondence without too much delay.
13. adv. Clearly, the agency has worked hard at tackling the technical challenges posed by a superb and surprisingly independent-minded investigative panel.
14. adv. The American laws forbidding interracial marriage, now struck down, were clearly discriminatory.
15. adv. clearly never visited the US.
Sentence  
adv.
They were clearly lost.
History has clearly shown the folly of that policy.
Could be seen clearly under the microscope.
Karzai was clearly pleased at the results.
Until now Pakistan has not facilitated such a return and clearly it cannot happen until there is both a pull from Kabul and a push from Islamabad.
He clearly enjoyed, as governor, watching executions.
He has clearly gone on enjoying killing people on a large scale in Iraq.
It is clearly trying to develop nuclear weapons.
"The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets.
She puts mayonnaise on aspirin. (<- clearly the winner).
As I have told RNR, I think we should advise Duke in writing that its IP is not in conformity with the contract, sinceit is in the alternative, and that our IP is hence the only one that will be before the arbitrators (since Duke clearly cannot change it's ineffective IP at this stage, having already seen ours).
If you got the chance today, I should be really grateful if one of you could give me a call to discuss this issue; I think we should set out DPC's position clearly on this in correspondence without too much delay.
Clearly, the agency has worked hard at tackling the technical challenges posed by a superb and surprisingly independent-minded investigative panel.
The American laws forbidding interracial marriage, now struck down, were clearly discriminatory.
clearly never visited the US.

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