nettement

French

Etymology

From nette + -ment, the former being the feminine singular of net.

Adverb

nettement

  1. Neatly, cleanly, clearly.
    • 1903 July–October, Henri Beaunis, “Contribution à la psychologie du rêve”, in The American Journal of Psychology, Volume XIV, Number 3–4, page 13,
      Dans mes rêves, les images visuelles ont à peu près les mêmes caractères de vague et d’indécision; en général les objets sont vus plus nettement que les personnages, les mots plus que les objets, les dessins (dessins d’anatomie et d’histologie par exemple), les cartes plus nettement encore.
      In my dreams, visual images have about the same characteristics of vagueness and indecision; in general objects are seen more clearly than characters, words more than objects, designs (designs of anatomy and of histology for example) and maps more clearly yet.

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