The phrase "distinctly seen" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is clearly or sharply visible to the eye. Here is an example of how it can be used in a sentence: The outline of the mountains was distinctly seen against the pink and orange sky as the sun began to set.
It was found to originate from the lingua alba and the fascia of the rectus muscles – to which it adhered by a broad base, and which were distinctly seen after the operation.
The Zodiacs putter into water of the same blue, steering clear of long, broad streamers of leathery, bulbous kelp that can be distinctly seen unfurling just beneath the water.
All the particulars which have been mentioned are still more distinctly seen in the second figure, taken from a terra-cotta at Vienna (Ginzrot, vol. II pp107, 108).
It was found that the reflexes corresponding to 2a were distinctly seen in the RHEED patterns during annealing at ~925°C after 2 min of treatment.
It can be distinctly seen that the rate of hydrogen evolution maximized at pH 7 (18.10 mmol), while the rate of H2 evolution was decreased under both more acidic and more alkaline TEOA aqueous solutions.
In Fig. 9g, residually stained boundaries of the macrophage cytoplasmic membranes are distinctly seen, which indicates effective uptake, and well-discernible microcapsules are easy to detect to be attached on their surface either within the cells.
That day, as Cook recorded, "we very distinctly saw an Atmosphere or dusky shade round the body of the Planet" as Venus made its way across the Sun.
On Sunday last, with snow upon the ground, I saw, through neutral tinted glass, the orange and red of the halo as the thin edges of clouds approached, or receded from the sun, and on Monday I distinctly saw the green also.
This was odd, considering that I've never actually owned a car — but I did distinctly see an '89 Toyota Corolla, which, now that I think about it, must have been my first rental, that weekend when I flew to Phoenix for a college friend's ill-advised wedding.
This was odd, considering that I've never actually owned a car but I did distinctly see an '89 Toyota Corolla, which, now that I think about it, must have been my first rental, that weekend when I flew to Phoenix for a college friend's ill-advised wedding.
"I distinctly saw the men in the embrasure sight and fire the gun again.
