As if and Clearly

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As if conjunction - The way it would be or one would do if.

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Clearly and as if are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Clearly" instead an adverb phrase "As if".

Clearly adverb - Without any question.

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As if and clearly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "As if" instead an adverb "Clearly".

Nearby Words: clear, clearness

In the next episode, they're actually shown the Diagon, and while the audience doesn't see it (though commercials very clearly show him), Gwen and Kevin react to seeing him as if they were in pain.

Source: Eldritch Abomination / Western Animation
This trope, however, applies to a situation where the string in a bow is clearly missing, and yet the bow is still being used as if it actually was there.

Source: Invisible Bowstring
At this point, the knight is clearly bleeding out and will probably die, but he trash-talks Arthur as if nothing had happened at all.

Source: Film / Monty Python and the Holy Grail

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