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distinctly

adverb as in clearly

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Even within the hominid group, human skulls evolved at a distinctly faster rate than those of other species.

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Muslim women, particularly those who wear hijabs, were distinctly targeted.

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At the turn of the 19th century, America was a distinctly agricultural nation, with more than three-quarters of its labor force working on farms.

The firestorms that broke out in January ravaged two distinctly different stretches of Los Angeles County: one with grand views of the Pacific Ocean, the other nestled against the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.

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Such questions get distinctly short shrift in the dominant political narratives.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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