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Markedly

see synonyms of markedly

Adverb

1. markedly

in a clearly noticeable manner

Example Sentences:
'sales of luxury cars dropped markedly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Markedly

see synonyms of markedly
adjective
1. 
obvious, evident, or noticeable
2. 
singled out, esp for punishment, killing, etc
a marked man
3. linguistics
distinguished by a specific feature, as in phonology. For example, of the two phonemes /t/ and /d/, the /d/ is marked because it exhibits the feature of voice

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Markedly

see synonyms of markedly
adjective
1. 
having a mark or marks (in various senses)
2. 
singled out to be watched or looked for as an object of suspicion, hostility, etc.
a marked man
3. 
noticeable; obvious; appreciable; distinct; conspicuous
a marked change in behavior

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Markedly

see synonyms of markedly
adj.
1. Having one or more distinguishing marks.
2. Clearly defined and evident; noticeable: a marked increase in temperature. See Synonyms at noticeable.
3. Singled out, especially for a dire fate: a marked man.
4. Linguistics
a. Of or relating to that member of a pair of words or forms that explicitly denotes a particular subset of the meanings denoted by the other member of the pair. For example, of the two words lion and lioness, lion is unmarked for gender (it can denote either a male or female) whereas lioness is marked, since it denotes only females.
b. Explicitly characterized by or having a particular linguistic feature. For example, girls is marked for plural in English, whereas sheep is not.

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