Spelling.School · How to spell

How to spell clearly

What it means: In a way that is easy to see.

In a sentence: The stars can be seen clearly in the night sky. ▶

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as cleerly or clearley.

Same family: clear, clearness, clarity, clearing, unclear. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Clearly” comes from the adjective “clear,” which traces back to Old French *cler* and Latin *clarus*, meaning “bright” or “famous.” Over time, the idea of “bright” vision turned into the modern sense of something being easy to see or understand.

Try spelling it

You will hear the word and a sentence. Type it and press Enter. Then four more words from the same level, so you know where you stand.

Words like this

definitely · totally · happily · carefully · seriously · personally · physically · perfectly

Spelling.School is a spaced-repetition spelling practice: ten minutes a day, every word spoken aloud, every miss explained, and every word coming back just before you would forget it. Try five words without signing up.