distinctly

adv
/dɪˈstɪŋktli/

Etymology

From distinct + -ly.

  1. derived from distinctus
  2. derived from destincter
  3. inherited from distincte
  4. formed as distinctly — “distinct + -ly

Definitions

  1. In a distinct manner.

    • I distinctly remember the voice of my deceased grandmother.
    • About ten months ago a report reached my ears that a Dutchman had constructed a telescope, by the aid of which visible objects, although at a great distance from the eye of the observer, were seen distinctly as if near; […]
    • Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at distinctly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at distinctly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at distinctly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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