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markedly

UK/ˈmɑː.kɪd.li/US/ˈmɑɹ.kɪd.li/
adverbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,484 of 15,258mostly written

Markedly means to a degree that is easy to notice. Markedly better.

It is used in reports and reviews where a plainer word would seem too casual. Markedly claims the difference would be obvious to anybody rather than only to the writer.

Definitions of markedly

  1. 1adverbmarkedlyTo a degree that is easy to notice.C1

    “The second half was markedly better than the first.”

markedly is a manner.

Also accepted in games: noticeably

Where it comes from

From marked + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

markedly in the wild

  • Flushing is to become markedly red in the face and often other areas of the skin, from various physiological conditions.

    Flushing (physiology)

  • While similar to the hindsight bias, the two phenomena are markedly different.

    Outcome bias

  • There are at least two markedly different dialects of Nupe: Nupe central and Nupe Tako.

    Nupe language

  • Mangrove areas in South Australia have been markedly depleted.

    Laura Bay Conservation Park

  • The airport introduced a 24-hour service, markedly improving upon its predecessor.

    Alcantarí Airport

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.