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Definition: Markedly |
MarkedlyAdverb1. In a clearly noticeable manner; "sales of luxury cars dropped markedly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "markedly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: Markedly |
| English words defined with "markedly": aberrant, actual ♦ Betula pendula ♦ common birch ♦ defective, depletion, deviant, disparate ♦ electrification, European white birch, existent ♦ fall off, fleeting, freak, fugitive ♦ impelling, impressed ♦ lusus naturae ♦ macho, momentaneous, momentary, monster, monstrosity ♦ peculiar ♦ radical, revolutionary ♦ silver birch, sink, slump, soaring. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "markedly": Antiphospholipid Syndrome ♦ Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Child Nutrition Disorders, curly birch, curly figure, curly grain, curly maple ♦ Education, Special, excitatory input ♦ fizzoed ♦ geochemical anomaly ♦ hiatal ♦ Infant Nutrition Disorders ♦ Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral ♦ Obsessive Behavior ♦ Protein Kinase C ♦ Rats, Wistar ♦ SPORADIC E ♦ uneven-aged. (references) |
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 | The sinus contains markedly increased numbers of neutrophils. Credit: CDC. |  | This photo of cardiovascular syphilis shows coronary artery stenosis, a feature of late syphilis. The ostia of both coronary arteries are markedly stenosed. Note the "tree-bark" effect in the intimal lining of the aorta just superior to the aortic valve. Credit: CDC. |
 | Syphilitic aortitis causes markedly irregular wrinkling of the tunica intima, producing the so-called "tree-bark" effect. Note that there are several arteriosclerotic plaques also present. Credit: CDC. |  | An alveolar duct is seen in the center. The alveoli are poorly developed and have markedly thickened walls. Macrophages are present in the alveolar spaces; H&E stain; magnification 100X. Credit: CDC. |
 | The World's Weather as seen by ESSA 3 - this image was assembled from 156 individual photographs obtained over the 24 hours of October 15, 1966. Image clarity and ability to mosaic photos has improved markedly over earlier TIROS systems. Credit: NOAA in Space. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Clematis macro" by Bobbie Osborne Commentary: "The blooms of the Clematis often change color, some very markedly during the life of each flower. ." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In most cases tics decrease markedly during sleep. (references) | |
Markedly elevated 24-hour urinary calcium excretion. (references) | ||
Their pharmacological effects are markedly different from those of heroin. (references) | ||
Business | With these considerations in mind, opportunities for foreign franchisers should markedly increase. (references) | |
As stated above, the oral health of the Australian population has improved markedly over the past 25 years. (references) | ||
Although it has improved markedly in the last few decades, road infrastructure is the least developed transport sector in Egypt. (references) | ||
Children | Sierra Leone | The average educational level for girls is markedly below that of boys, and only 6 percent of women are literate. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Israel and the occupied territories | This practice increased markedly during the year. (references) |
Congo | Opposition parties were unable to gain access to state-owned radio, and private radio was markedly less critical of the Government than private newspapers. (references) | |
Economic History | Haiti | Practices are markedly better in the banking sector. (references) |
Bolivia | The situation could improve markedly in the coming years. (references) | |
Peru | Strike activity has declined markedly over the past eight years. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Conditions in "A" and "B" cells are markedly better; prisoners in these cells are permitted to have servants, special food, and satellite television. (references) |
Mauritania | The prison administration instituted in 1997 has improved markedly the conditions of prison food, health, hygiene, and family contacts; however, in the last 2 years, budgeted levels for improved food and nutrition, medical services and supplies, and new bedding and cleaning supplies were not met. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Malaysia | However, according to press reports, the head of an NGO working with Orang Asli said in May 2000 that school dropout rates among Orang Asli had increased markedly over previous years, and the percentage of Orang Asli living below the poverty line was increasing as well. (references) |
Minorities | Hungary | Schools for the Roma are more crowded, more poorly equipped, and in markedly poorer condition than those attended by non-Roma. (references) |
Nepal | The country's small Muslim community is concentrated primarily along the southern border with India, with cultural and religious customs markedly different from its Buddhist and Hindu neighbors. (references) | |
Political Economy | ARGENTINA | The government's role in the economy has diminished markedly with the privatization of most state firms. (references) |
Trade | Finland | Finland's attitude towards biotechnology is markedly more open than in many other EU Member States and Embassy Helsinki has been working actively with Finnish partners to distribute accurate and scientific information on this issue. (references) |
Travel | Thailand | Ample western style residential apartments and houses are available for foreign residents . The construction of high-rise condominium projects in the past few years has increased available quality accommodation in the Bangkok metropolitan area and other major cities . Foreign business visitors are increasingly utilizing full-service residential apartments for short-term stays in Bangkok . The supply of these facilities, including some operated by American firms, has increased markedly in recent years. (references) |
Women | Oman | Since 1970 conditions for women have improved markedly in several areas. (references) |
Worker Rights | France | The number of women trafficked from the former Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans has increased markedly and has received increased press attention. (references) |
Bolivia | With the privatization of most of these enterprises, the COB's relevancy has diminished markedly, and the practice of direct employee-management negotiations in individual enterprises is expanding. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Markedly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Markedly" is used about 671 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 671 | 9,813 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
markedly | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "markedly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | подчертано (emphatically, pointedly, pronouncedly). (various references) | |
Chinese | 明显 (Apparent, manifest, marked, Obvious, open-and-shut, salient, self-explanatory). (various references) | |
Danish | legeringernes smeltepunkt saenkes betydeligt af kulstof hvorved stoebeligheden forbedres (carbon markedly lowers the melting point of the alloy and thus considerably improves its castability), daempningen i en vekselstroemsledning er maerkbar mindre end i en jaevnstroemsledning (attenuation with a line working in the anti-parallel mode is markedly less than the attenuation with a line working in parallel mode). (various references) | |
Dutch | het smeltpunt van legeringen wordt door koolstof aanzienlijk verlaagd,zodat de gietbaarheid duidelijk verbetert (carbon markedly lowers the melting point of the alloy and thus considerably improves its castability). (various references) | |
Finnish | huomattavasti (appreciably, considerably, noticeably, perceptibly). (various references) | |
French | le carbone abaisse très sensiblement le point de fusion de l'alliage et améliore donc considérablement sa coulabilité (carbon markedly lowers the melting point of the alloy and thus considerably improves its castability), l'atténuation d'une ligne travaillant en mode antiparallèle est nettement plus faible que l'atténuation d'une ligne travaillant en mode parallèle (attenuation with a line working in the anti-parallel mode is markedly less than the attenuation with a line working in parallel mode). (various references) | |
German | merklich (appreciable, appreciably, distinct, marked, noticeable, noticeably, perceptible, perceptibly, sensible), ausgesprochen (definite, distinct, eminently, extremely, marked, outright, particular, pronounced, rank, real, really, unqualified). (various references) | |
Greek | έντονα (keenly), σαφώς (distinctly), ξεκάθαρα (clearly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szemmel láthatóan (evidently, manifestly, noticeably). (various references) | |
Italian | l'attenuazione di una linea che lavora con sistema antiparallelo è nettamente più debole dell'attenuazione di una linea che lavora con sistema parallelo (attenuation with a line working in the anti-parallel mode is markedly less than the attenuation with a line working in parallel mode), il carbonio abbassa notevolmente il punto di fusione delle leghe e migliora molto la loro colabilità (carbon markedly lowers the melting point of the alloy and thus considerably improves its castability). (various references) | |
Korean | 표시되어 있. (various references) | |
Manx | foddey (afar, distance, far, long, longterm, remote, remotely). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arkedlymay.(various references) | |
Romanian | deosebit de (ever so, particularly). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | upadljivo (remarkably, strikingly), primetno (appreciably, distinctly, noticeably). (various references) | |
Spanish | marcadamente, notablemente (notably, notedly, noticeably, remarkably, signally, strikingly), fuertemente (heartily, heavily, massively, mightily, robustly, strongly). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нарочито (deliberately, wilfully, willfully), помітно (distinguishably, estimably, measurably, notably, notedly, noteworthily, noticeably, signally). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Markedly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Markandey, markdly, marketly, Merkadal, narkily. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "markedly" (pronounced mÄ"rkudlē) |
| 5 | -k u d l ē | wickedly. |
| 4 | -u d l ē | acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, belatedly, candidly, contentedly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, doggedly, evenhandedly, excitedly, guardedly, heatedly, placidly, pointedly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, rigidly, ruggedly, solidly, splendidly, stupidly, supposedly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unprecedentedly, validly, vividly, wholeheartedly, wretchedly. |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, coldly, cowardly, crudely, cuddly, dastardly, deadly, Diddley, kindly, downwardly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, haphazardly, hardly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, loudly, madly, medley, mildly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, profoundly, proudly, Ridley, roundly, rudely, sadly, secondly, shrewdly, soundly, straightforwardly, thirdly, unfriendly, ungodly, upwardly, weirdly, widely, wildly, worldly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-k-l-m-r-y" | |
-2 letters: darkle, darkly, dearly, demark, dermal, dreamy, larked, marked, marled, medlar. | |
-3 letters: alder, alkyd, armed, deary, delay, deray, derma, drake, dream, early, lader, laked, laker, lamed, lamer, lardy, larky, layed, layer, leady, leaky, leary, lyard, madly, madre, maker, marly, mayed, mealy, medal, raked, rayed, ready, realm, redly, relay, ryked. | |
-4 letters: aery, alky, alme, amyl. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-k-l-m-r-y" | |
+4 letters: daydreamlike, holidaymaker. | |
+5 letters: holidaymakers. | |
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