markedly

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UK/ˈmɑː.kɪd.li/US/ˈmɑɹ.kɪd.li/

adverb

In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.

“Being markedly different as a teenager can get you taunted; as an adult it can make you famous.”

Less commonScrabble 18

Meanings

adverbmarkedly (comparative more markedly, superlative most markedly)

comparative more markedly · superlative most markedly · alternative markèdly

  1. In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously.

    Being markedly different as a teenager can get you taunted; as an adult it can make you famous.

    2 more examples

    Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.

    1950 December 28, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 838

    Developments were markedly different in the Soviet zone, but ultimately ended in perhaps an even grimmer dead end: that of SED leader Walter Ulbricht’s thoroughly Stalinized German Democratic Republic (GDR).

    2017 May 28, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Englishmarked
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishmarkedly

From marked + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan marcadament
  • marcadamentin a marked manner
Czech výrazně
  • výrazněin a marked manner
French nettement
  • nettementin a marked manner
Hungarian kifejezetten, határozottan
  • kifejezettenin a marked manner
  • határozottanin a marked manner
  • lényegesenin a marked manner
  • jelentősenin a marked manner
  • markánsanin a marked manner
  • feltűnőenin a marked manner
  • észrevehetőenin a marked manner
  • szemmel láthatóanin a marked manner
  • szembeszökőenin a marked manner
  • szembetűnőenin a marked manner
Polish ewidentnie, wyraźnie
  • ewidentniein a marked manner
  • wyraźniein a marked manner
Portuguese marcadamente
  • marcadamentein a marked manner
Russian я́вно, заме́тно
  • я́вно (jávno)in a marked manner
  • заме́тно (zamétno)in a marked manner
  • изря́дно (izrjádno)in a marked manner
  • нарочи́то (naročíto)in a marked manner
Spanish marcadamente
  • marcadamentein a marked manner
Ukrainian помі́тно
  • помі́тно (pomítno)in a marked manner
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APA

markedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/markedly

MLA

“markedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/markedly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “markedly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/markedly.

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