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I think this clearly is a case where a club, the NFL has decided, it does not want an outspoken conservative.

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  1. In a clear manner. Without obstruction; luminously. Mysteries of grace and salvation which were but darkly disclosed unto them, have unto us more clearly shined. Hooker, Eccles. Polity.
  2. Plainly; evidently; so as to leave no doubt: as, the fact is clearly proved. That, by the old constitution, no military authority was lodged in the Parliament, Mr. Hallam has clearly shown. Macaulay, Hallam's Const. Hist. Clearly, a mouse, which has to run many times its own length to traverse the space which a man traverses at a stride, cannot have the same conception of this space as a man. H. Spencer, Prin. of Psychol., § 90.
  3. With distinct mental discernment: as, to know a thing clearly. You do not understand yourself so clearly, As it behoves my daughter, and your honour. Shak., Hamlet, i. 3.
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  • This clearly is another case of how the west was won ....
  • I'm not sure where I got that idea, but this clearly was the worst possible season for it: yet another sequel! —  Anime Nano!
  • While this new title clearly has its roots in the Marvel Universe, it reads like an independent title with super-hero trappings, yet something that's still limited by a larger brand. —  Eye on Comics
  • 'With a flying time under 17 hours, this clearly is the longest flight in Qatar Airways' route network and one of the longest non-stop services in the world using our two state-of-the-art Boeing 777-200 Long Range aircraft dedicated to this route, 'he added. —  AME Info Latest News
  • They're singing along with the Wilson sisters 'harmonies, but kind of vague on the lyrics, except for the end of each verse, when they lip-sync along along: "Bar-ah-COO-dah!" actual lyrics though, this clearly is a song to be sung by Barack Obama. —  BeldarBlog
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  1. from Middle English clereli, clerliche, from clere + -li: see clear, adjective, and -ly.
 

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