DISTINCTLY in a Sentence

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These, perhaps, if more distinctly heard, might have been only a grosser medium, and have clogged the spiritual sense.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISTINCTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
distinctly
 ad.  clear to the mind; in a distinct way
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
2  I discovered more distinctly the black sides of Jura, and the bright summit of Mont Blanc.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  Oftener, however, its credibility rested on the faith of some lonely eye-witness, who beheld the wonder through the coloured, magnifying, and distorted medium of his imagination, and shaped it more distinctly in his after-thought.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
4  These, perhaps, if more distinctly heard, might have been only a grosser medium, and have clogged the spiritual sense.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XXII. THE PROCESSION
5  When at last he stopped outside our door, I could hear his finger tracing over the painted letters of my name, and I afterwards distinctly heard him breathing in at the keyhole.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXVII
6  I can do it better by this light than by a stronger, for my hand is steadiest when I don't see the poor blistered patches too distinctly.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter L
7  I distinctly understood that he was working himself up with its contents to make an end of me.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
8  I trembled without distinctly knowing why, and still looked at her earnestly, making no attempt to answer.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 9. I HAVE A MEMORABLE BIRTHDAY
9  I never thought of anything about myself, distinctly.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14. MY AUNT MAKES UP HER MIND ABOUT ME
10  Miss Mowcher listened to these words, which were very slowly and distinctly spoken, with her head on one side, and her eye in the air as if she were still looking for that answer.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
11  I saw her haggard, listening face distinctly.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 40. THE WANDERER
12  To improve it, we all distinctly heard Jip give two short barks, and receive another choke.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS
13  He looked so wistfully into my face, and was so anxious to understand, that I took great pains to answer him slowly and distinctly, as I might have entered on an explanation to a child.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
14  I saw her, distinctly, and the whole power of her face and character seemed forced into that expression.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE
15  ; and has distinctly done so in one instance, capable of proof by me.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
Example Sentence: (61 in 5 pages)
16  Philosophers did not use to make a distinction between arts and science.
17  A slave, of course, in distinction from a free woman, is not permitted complaints.
18  So pronounced is this class distinction that some races will not go near another for fear of being polluted.
19  The distinction between being a Christian or a heathen is easy to see but difficult to talk.
20  The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the man who borrows, and the man who lends.
21  Although they look similar, these plants are actually quite distinct.
22  Engineering and technology are disciplines distinct from one another and from science.
23  Alcohol has a very distinctive smell; it's quite distinct from the smell of wine.
24  Materials in the center are organized into three distinct categories: reference, child-use, and staff development.
25  Each of London's districts had a distinct character that marked it off from its neighbours.
26  She was trying to remain calm, but there was a distinct edge to her voice.
27  The footprints are quite distinct; they must be fresh.
28  There was a distinct smell of gas.
29  She showed a distinct lack of enthusiasm for the idea of becoming a mother.
30  Imprinting and cell differentiation both involve the closing down of genes but the mechanisms are evidently distinct.