| 单词 | markedly |
| 释义 | markedly (once / 3344 pages) adv If something happens in a significant way or to a great degree, you can say it occurs markedly. If the price of milk rises markedly, you'll notice it the next time you're grocery shopping. When the acting on your favorite bad TV show improves markedly, you might guess that all the actors took acting lessons over the summer. And if the speed limit in your city is markedly lowered, you'll feel a lot safer riding your bike around town. The adverb markedly comes from marked and its sense of "having a mark," from the Old English mearc, "sign or mark." WORD FAMILYmarked: markedly, unmarked+/mark: marked, marker, marking, marks/marker: markers/marking: markings/unmarked: unmarkedly USAGE EXAMPLESBut she says his mornings are markedly better — and he gets to school on time. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Heart attacks, cardiac arrest, and heart failure are in fact markedly different entities. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) And some big funds did perform markedly better in the weeks around the unexpected election of Donald Trump. Economist(Dec 19, 2016) adv in a clearly noticeable manner sales of luxury cars dropped markedly |
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