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"clearly" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often obviously (9 letters).
Definitions
without doubt or question
Word origin
From Middle English clerli, clerely, clerelych, cleerliche, clerliche.
Used in a sentence
“He enunciated every syllable clearly.”
“Clearly, the judge erred in his opinion.”
“While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Distinctly”7 letters
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