Perception

Synonyms for distinctly

The synonym for distinctly recorded in this bank is clearly, in the sense "in a way that is clearly perceptible". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adverb · 1 reason line

The synonym for distinctly

clearlyadverb, in the sense "in a way that is clearly perceptible"

A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for distinctly.

The senseadverbTier 1, FoothillsPerception

in a way that is clearly perceptible

She could distinctly hear footsteps on the gravel path behind her.

The context the game gives you. The gloss above is for readers here, not for players there.

The true synonym

clearly

Same sentence, swapped: She could clearly hear footsteps on the gravel path behind her.

Close but different

These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for distinctly in the sentence quoted.

briefly
nervously
occasionally

Where distinctly turns up in the game

distinctly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play distinctly

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so distinctly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other perception words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

sufferverbmeetundergo or sufferFoothillsHas a reason line vaguelyadverbdimlyin an unclear or indistinct wayFoothillsHas a reason line viewnoun, verbsightthe act of looking or seeing or observingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line acuteadjectivesensitiveof a sense, highly sensitive and sharpFoothillsHas a reason line squintverbpeerto look with eyes partly closed in order to focusTreelineHas a reason line stareverbgazeto look fixedly for a long timeFoothillsHas a reason line strumverbthrumsound the strings of (a stringed instrument)SummitHas a reason line cobbleverbpatchto assemble something hastily from available partsFoothillsHas a reason line

The wrong tile gets explained too

Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. distinctly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.

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