adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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
different
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To the human eye horses use five distinctly different facial expressions to suit different circumstances.
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You need a fresh strategy for a new day that is distinctly different from yesterday, and the time is growing short.
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Whereas non-infected individuals respond with largely type-specific responses, infected individuals respond with a profile distinctly different from the normal individual.
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The petiole and the blade of the leaves are usually distinctly different .
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This bird is distinctly different in character from those we had seen so far.
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However, we have also witnessed a distinctly different , life-affirming passion that responds to things of quality and goodness.
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Mammalian membranes have an enormously diverse composition and may contain over 100 distinctly different lipids.
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When we talk we produce sounds of three distinctly different types.
odd
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Amongst other things, it records a kinship system which struck Morgan as distinctly odd .
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Indeed, a skirt cut across straight at the lower edge would have a distinctly odd look, rather like a box.
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The community church started in a home and to wear them would have been distinctly odd .
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This makes Mr Exley's position distinctly odd .
uncomfortable
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Evans had been distinctly uncomfortable about Horowitz's presence in his office.
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She had a distinctly uncomfortable feeling that he was not referring to the fight which had followed that little incident.
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A single nun, working in an unorthodox manner in the slums, made some of the local clergy distinctly uncomfortable .
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I was 17, a private just a few weeks into my enlistment, and distinctly uncomfortable .
uneasy
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A multi-racial couple in the crowd look distinctly uneasy .
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For the past half-hour she had been feeling distinctly uneasy as the ever-present shadows had deepened into almost impenetrable blackness.
■ VERB
become
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But recently, the vibe has become distinctly mellower.
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By 1926, however, the secular beauty had become distinctly secondary.
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The arms are slightly noded becoming distinctly so distally.
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Against Western armies they were becoming distinctly anachronistic.
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The second method, budding is where vegetative propagation becomes distinctly more involved, difficult - and interesting.
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The environment for Windows add-on vendors is becoming distinctly unhealthy he says, as Microsoft adds functions into the base operating system.
feel
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So during the interval I felt distinctly apologetic.
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She felt distinctly that she had to leave Loreto and start her own work.
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By the time he reached the office Matthew was feeling distinctly indignant.
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The sun was also blazing on to this cliff, and I was feeling distinctly battered.
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Alvin was once more back at what felt distinctly like a starting point.
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By the time I reached the furthest peak I was feeling distinctly sick.
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I felt distinctly baffled, but Holmes was nodding thoughtfully.
hear
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He could distinctly hear voices which seemed to be coming from the parcels office next door.
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Inside the room he could distinctly hear his own breathing - the sharp intake of air, followed by the slower exhalation.
look
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But without Pearce there was never the pace in a Forest side, who looked distinctly foot-weary, to test Schmeichel.
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Pre-election nerves in the City last week left the performance of the remaining 10 Questor Selection shares looking distinctly patchy.
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He was back quite soon and looking distinctly puzzled.
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She peered at the Christmas cactus she had bought for Alan and decided it looked distinctly sorry for itself.
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With Diana in the snow, Charles looked distinctly unamused and drew the session to a close.
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Captain Dennis Wise was singing his little heart out whilst the rest stood there looking distinctly unwise as to the lyrics.
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Indeed, it is highly unlikely that White would capture on b7 in this line, 17 0-0 looking distinctly superior.
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George Birkitt was looking distinctly peeved, aware that Michael Banks had upstaged him in a way that was quite unanswerable.
remember
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I distinctly remember seeing a few of the eggs hitting the spokes of his front wheel as he slowed down.
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I distinctly remember the overwhelming feeling of abject helplessness which this incident brought about.
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I distinctly remember Bill and I making no comment.
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I distinctly remember assembling on a tray some orange-topped mushrooms, a rusty bed-spring, and some blackened pieces of toast.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I distinctly told you to be home before 11:00.
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New Orleans has a distinctly European feel to it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although the intensity of the pain may fluctuate, headache-free periods are distinctly rare.
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As he turned on the attic lights and climbed the creaking steps, he smelled it more distinctly than before.
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By lunchtime she was distinctly unwell and the school nurse told her she had a temperature and sent her home.
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By the time he reached the office Matthew was feeling distinctly indignant.
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The old estate looked quite ready to swap tarmac for mud; this one has a distinctly more suburban air.
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The whole concept of wealth made her distinctly uneasy.