1.
If something is ~ from something else of the same type, it is different or separate from it.
Engineering and technology are disciplines ~ from one another and from science...
This book is divided into two ~ parts.
ADJ: oft ADJ from n
~ly
...a banking industry with two ~ly different sectors.
ADV: ADV adj
2.
If something is ~, you can hear, see, or taste it clearly.
...to impart a ~ flavor with a minimum of cooking fat.
ADJ
~ly
I ~ly heard the loudspeaker calling passengers for the Turin-Amsterdam flight.
ADV: ADV with v
3.
If an idea, thought, or intention is ~, it is clear and definite.
Now that Tony was no longer present, there was a ~ change in her attitude...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
I ~ly remember wishing I had not got involved.
ADV: ADV with v
4.
You can use ~ to emphasize that something is great enough in amount or degree to be noticeable or important.
Being 6ft 3in tall has some ~ disadvantages!
= definite
ADJ: ADJ n emphasis
~ly
His government is looking ~ly shaky.
ADV: ADV adj/-ed
5.
If you say that you are talking about one thing as ~ from another, you are indicating exactly which thing you mean.
There’s a lot of evidence that oily fish, as ~ from fatty meat, has a beneficial effect.
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