markedly

UK: /ˈmɑː^rkɪdli/ US: /ˈmɑrkɪdli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

marked /mɑrkt/   adj. 

1. striking; conspicuous:
   showed marked improvements in all the tests.
2. watched as someone suspected of something, or as the object of revenge:
   The accountant is a marked man.
3. having a mark or marks.

mark•ed•ly /ˈmɑrkɪdli/  adv. 

: His grades improved markedly after tutoring.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

marked  (märkt), adj. 

1. strikingly noticeable; conspicuous:
   with marked success.
2. watched as an object of suspicion or vengeance:
   a marked man.
3. having a mark or marks:
   beautifully marked birds; to read the marked pages.
4. Linguistics
   • (of a phoneme) characterized by the presence of a phonological feature that serves to distinguish it from an otherwise similar phoneme lacking that feature, as (d), which, in contrast to (t), is characterized by the presence of voicing.
   • characterized by the presence of a marker indicating the grammatical function of a construction, as the plural in English, which, in contrast to the singular, is typically indicated by the presence of the marker -s.
   • specifying an additional element of meaning, in contrast to a semantically related item, as drake in contrast to duck, where drake specifies "male'' while duck does not necessarily specify sex.
   • occurring less typically than an alternative form, as the word order in Down he fell in contrast to the more usual order of He fell down. Cf. unmarked (def. 2).

• Middle English; Old English gemearcod; see mark¹, -ed²

mark•ed•ly  (mär′kid lē), adv.  mark′ed•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. striking, outstanding, obvious, prominent.