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markedly

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marked  (märkt)
adj.
1. Having one or more distinguishing marks.
2. Clearly defined and evident; noticeable: has a marked limp. 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.

marked·ly (märkd-l) adv.
marked·ness n.
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Adv.1.markedly - in a clearly noticeable manner; "sales of luxury cars dropped markedly"

markedly
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markedly [ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ] ADV
1. (with adj/adv) [different] → notablemente, marcadamente; [better, worse] → visiblemente, notablemente
their second album has been markedly more/less successful than their firstsu segundo álbum ha tenido notablemente más/menos éxito que el primero
2. (with verb) [increase, improve, decline] → notablemente, sensiblemente; [differ, change, contrast] → notablemente
markedly [ˈmɑːrkɪdli] adv (= noticeably) → visiblement, manifestement
markedly
adv improve, increase, differ, changemerklich; quicker, slower, more, lesswesentlich; it is markedly betteres ist wesentlich or bedeutend besser; not markedly sonicht, dass es auffallen würde; they are not markedly differentes besteht kein wesentlicher or großer Unterschied zwischen ihnen
markedly [ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ] advvisibilmente, notevolmente, marcatamente
markedly [ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ] advvisibilmente, notevolmente, marcatamente


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He did not offer to help me or himself till I had coughed markedly several times.
Glegg paid a visit to her sister Tulliver, sitting in her gig all the while, and showing her displeasure by markedly abstaining from all advice and criticism; for, as she observed to her sister Deane, "Bessy must bear the consequence o' having such a husband, though I'm sorry for her," and Mrs.
Nobody had beheld the gravitation of the two into one; and when the dairyman came round by that screened nook a few minutes later there was not a sign to reveal that the markedly sundered pair were more to each other than mere acquaintance.
 
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