adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
clearly convey sth
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His tone of voice clearly conveyed his disgust.
clearly delineated
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The boundaries of these areas should be clearly delineated .
clearly evident
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It was clearly evident that the company was in financial difficulties.
clearly marked
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All school uniform should be clearly marked with the child’s name.
clearly
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She was simply too tired to think clearly.
clearly/easily/readily distinguishable
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The cheese is easily distinguishable by its colour.
clearly/obviously embarrassed (= in a way that is obvious to other people )
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He was clearly embarrassed about what had happened.
clearly/plainly visible
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The fracture was clearly visible on the X-ray.
clearly/well defined
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The tasks will be clearly defined by the tutor.
express sth clearly (= express an idea or opinion in a way that other people can understand )
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He expresses his views very clearly.
obviously/clearly/visibly relieved
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She was obviously relieved to have escaped.
remember clearly/vividly/distinctly (= well, with a lot of detail )
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I remember clearly how I used to feel as a child in church on Sundays.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
defined
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Along with the review of existing data, a clearly defined set of objectives needs to be defined.
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It appeared to roll forward and unfold under its own natural momentum, to reach its clearly defined objectives.
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Decisions about people's claims for benefits should be based on clearly defined principles and ascertainable facts.
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It may seem, so far, that in terms of clearly defined benefits, the client comes off best out of the deal.
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It has a number of clearly defined aims to pursue over the next three years.
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Second, vendors could concentrate on clearly defined niche markets.
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These phases and the difficulties of separating them reflect the fact that mental processes are not subject to clearly defined distinctions and boundaries.
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The lines in his face had deepened into clearly defined wrinkles.
evident
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The principle of the separation of powers is, for example, clearly evident in his views on administrative law.
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In spite of their burdens, endearing qualities are often clearly evident .
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Saline alluvial soils have high levels of exchangeable sodium and the effects of gleying are clearly evident .
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The change of focus is clearly evident .
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The need for reregulation superimposed upon any underlying tendency towards competitive freedom is clearly evident .
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Some of these symptoms may be so extreme that the psychotic quality of the condition is clearly evident .
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Normally the trainer will go through a reproduced interview and discuss the good and bad points which are usually clearly evident .
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However falteringly, the Precautionary Principle is clearly evident in many of the decisions now being taken.
visible
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Yes, it was clearly visible .
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Professor Briedis holds on, pointing to the word napkins clearly visible on the box.
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In most cases the thieves targeted cars which had been left with bags or other valuables clearly visible .
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And it was no longer a point of light; it had begun to show a clearly visible disk.
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The stone walls of the bottom part of the wall section are clearly visible but most of the structure is ivy-clad.
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Against the pale background the plankton which swarmed on the surface were clearly visible .
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Stick-mikes are the all-rounders of the audio world, but when used for video their size makes them clearly visible on shot.
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The clearly visible wing bands enable individual birds to be identified and detailed records of their growth to be kept.
■ VERB
define
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I was a general at the head of an army, and the objectives were clearly defined .
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Your clearly defined mission statement will help you to focus on what you really want out of your entrepreneurial life.
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The institution is expected to wait until investigations are complete and criminal responsibilities are more clearly defined before bringing charges.
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The clearly defined black spots and red bands of courage that set the rainbow apart from other trout are truly remarkable.
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The demarcation between black and rust is to be clearly defined .
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Plot: It should be clearly defined and complex enough to keep the reader involved.
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We need clearly defined job descriptions, a clear understanding of our role and the level of our personal accountability.
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Exposure to any of those poses risks, although the amounts involved and the long-term effects are still not clearly defined .
demonstrate
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Despite differences between the member states, the development of the community clearly demonstrates a process of integration.
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P J Desmond Clearly demonstrated the complexity of the issues in a well-argued presentation which suffered at times from being a little unfocussed.
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Looking at the economic mess this country is in demonstrates clearly that we need some guidelines and we need them fast.
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Thus, together, they demonstrate clearly some of the tensions within modern views about land and society.
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The debacle of the 1971-3 property boom clearly demonstrated the significant extent to which city development was impacted by national economic policy.
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Children in primary school playgrounds clearly demonstrate an instinctive pleasure in rhythm, pattern and rhyme.
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This study demonstrates clearly the way many therapists are influenced by their colleagues to look for the abnormal.
establish
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The function of the parliamentary state secretaries has not yet been clearly established .
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She dressed Jane in rags to make her look bad to establish clearly the undesirability of another female in the house.
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It has also been clearly established that in the course of time evaluation of particular variants can change or even be reversed.
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This study was very focused, and clearly established the bottom line for obese men.
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When their guilt was clearly established ...
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A starting point for any analysis of this nature must be to establish clearly how dreaming differs from waking consciousness.
identify
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The cameras clearly identified the property as it lay on the counter, and the vendors who produced it.
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Problems can be clearly identified through an audit, and solutions can be found to improve service and nutritional care.
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The problem list facilitates communication among staff members and helps clearly identify exactly who has agreed to do what and when.
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It has clearly identified goals and outcomes that are readily measured.
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Students' Books and you will be reassured to note that grammar points are clearly identified , explained, and practised.
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Public schools should not teach metaphysics without clearly identifying them as such.
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The widening of awareness and gaining of new insight associated with the latter is clearly identified with the aesthetic domain.
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Which is more important and can we clearly identify the key variable?
indicate
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This clearly indicates that, in these cases, the singularity in this region is a non-scalar curvature singularity.
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Every act and movement of the Union commander... clearly indicated his purpose to discard bullets and depend upon bayonets.
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This book clearly indicates the problems, and some of the ways they might be solved.
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But progress has varied dramatically, as various demographic surveys clearly indicate .
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Our analysis should clearly indicate the several blind alleys which Frey here explores.
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While both developer subsidies passed, the narrow margin clearly indicates the voters of this valley are beginning to wise up.
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On the other hand, they can clearly indicate differences in ways of doing something.
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But the record clearly indicates that ordinance came about primarily due to the efforts of McKasson and Councilman Steve Leal.
intend
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These large juries were clearly intended to provide a reasonably representative sample of popular opinion.
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It is clearly intended to be an opening into another aspect of awareness.
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In June 1177 he sent envoys to Paris bearing demands which were clearly intended to bring matters to a head.
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Here he speaks to others and clearly intends them to hear.
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They clearly intended to throw Haider into the canal.
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Mr Major clearly intends to fight hard to minimise any constitutional changes.
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A simple still life, then, but one that was clearly intended to exemplify the contemporary crisis in agriculture.
mark
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Look for details on delivery charges, they should be clearly marked in all ads.
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The radio controls are rather low in the center of the dash but are large and marked clearly enough.
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They are clearly marked on the map from the campsite.
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Trays are clearly marked with patient name and room number. 2.
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The Daemonettes have the symbol of Slaanesh clearly marked on their foreheads.
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In January, the teams finally ended their drawn-out discussions with a map that clearly marks the boundary.
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All books and possessions, should be clearly marked with the owner's name and class.
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Her editor said the second column had been sent to the Union-Tribune clearly marked as a repeat.
remember
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One horrifying event she still clearly remembers occurred on Ferry Lane.
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Some things he would remember clearly .
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He remembered clearly that Murray had asked if he had any mail, and his instinct was to tell the truth.
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I remember clearly that it was on 1 March that I went to see her.
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We both remembered clearly the suit the man was wearing.
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Small acts of kindness were clearly remembered years after the event.
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I remember clearly the first time he played our first single.
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In any case, I clearly remember one evening that was unambiguously happy.
see
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This may not seem much, but it indicates that it clearly sees the dangers of the competition.
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Nicholas Humphrey, a Cambridge psychologist, was the first to see clearly the solution to this puzzle.
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The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly .
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Jouctas is also clearly seen , to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
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The warm summer air was clear, and the smoke could be clearly seen billowing straight up.
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By the time whole areas up to the sixteenth floor were visible, David Childs's intentions could be seen clearly .
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Details of decorative paintwork were visible on his left side although only the lower portion of the work could be seen clearly .
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He could not clearly see the picture that is called a word.
show
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Yesterday's trade figures showed clearly that export volumes were at record levels even in a worldwide economic downturn.
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It clearly shows that revenue and total cost are treated as simple linear functions of the number of units produced and sold.
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The Halifax's strategic approach is most clearly shown in two big steps it did not take.
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As the Reidys' lives clearly show , sharing parenting helps to maintain mutual respect and closeness in a marriage.
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Canon law was the statement of how society was to be governed and here Innocent's monarchic views are clearly shown .
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These abilities have been most clearly shown for some epileptics whose corpus callosum has been severed.
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Third, the results clearly show the non-equivalence between tariffs and quotas in the presence of oligopoly.
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The results of numerous studies from around the world clearly show that both genes and the environment influence drinking behavior.
state
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But, equally, Labour has to state clearly that the productive economy is more important that monetary.
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The bid document stated clearly that a private organizing committee, and not city government, would raise money and build venues.
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Send us your clippings, stating clearly where they have come from and the date.
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He clearly states that force is inherent in all substances-physical as well as spiritual.
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Throughout the Student's Book, the key language of each unit is clearly stated at the beginning.
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The development of overall program goals to be achieved by clearly stated objectives which relate to teacher needs and expectations. 3.
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You will need an introduction which states clearly what you are talking about and why.
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Clearly state what you want and make it worthwhile not to step over the line of intolerable behavior.
think
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She finds it hard to think clearly about Charles.
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He could think clearly but could not speak or write.
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Mr Major clearly thinks she is now ready for high office.
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I have been unable to think clearly this entire day because you have taken up all the space in my head.
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Pain prevented him from thinking clearly .
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Fire kept flashing in the cave, dazzling her, and it was getting harder and harder to think clearly .
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For a time her emotions stopped her thinking clearly until she forced herself to concentrate on the problem logically.
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It is easier to think clearly with short sentences than long ones.
understand
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On the other hand such propositions need to be clearly understood , and, sadly, often they are not.
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Do the executives clearly understand why the consultant is there?
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Bryn Terfel also deserves special mention as a stunning bass who is actually in tune, and whose words are clearly understood .
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But Darrow understood clearly the meaning of injustice, and all his life fought against it.
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The people of Britain will understand clearly that to achieve that they must vote Labour.
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When expenses are itemized, feasibility of the project is more clearly understood .
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I can very clearly understand obsessiveness, and the people who write to me see that I understand obsession and preciousness.
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Had she not understood clearly , it might well have cost her her life.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be well/clearly/badly signposted
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Big Pit is about a male out of Blaenafon on the B4248, and is well signposted .
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There are well signposted walks, some of them offering views of the snow-topped Alps.
carefully/clearly/strongly etc worded
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A strongly worded White House statement on March 7 had appealed for international support in stopping the operation of the Rabta plant.
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His criticisms have become so predictable and strongly worded that they are counter-productive.
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In a carefully worded address, Wyman argued the paradoxical facts.
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In a strongly worded letter this week to several dozen television stations, Rep.
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On the eve of the talks, the two sides had exchanged strongly worded statements on the issue.
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Once again, the agency sent a strongly worded warning letter, but took no punitive action.
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Pete Wilson yesterday, drawing a strongly worded veto but defining the battle lines after months of debate and anguished decisions.
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The agreement was carefully worded to give some satisfaction to both parties.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Clearly , the racial problems in America have no easy answers.
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I'm sorry I forgot - I'm just not thinking clearly today.
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Slow down and speak more clearly .
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The map clearly shows all the trails where bikes are allowed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As of now, the advantage clearly lies with Bush.
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It is for this reason that technical terms be clearly defined in this section of the proposal.
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It was clearly a case of workers trying to use union muscle to hold off reality.
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One clearly lay south of the road near the north-west gate, where Stukeley recorded urn burials and Artis noted stone coffins.
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Severe spina bifida was the first condition in which a policy of selective non-treatment was clearly enunciated.
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Some of these faces belonged to men and others were clearly women.
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These are taken-for-granted groupings which assume some form of unity within each category without ever clearly identifying the source of this unity.
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This debate will no doubt continue, and clearly no project is either a complete success or a dismal failure.