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ariari

1. (verb) to be clear, apparent, obvious, evident, manifest.

I ariari tonu mai te pairuri o te matua (Ng 1993:439). / The father's concern was apparent.

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Synonyms: whakaehu, tīahoaho


2. (modifier) clearly.

He kuatau nō Paikea ki te whenua i heke mai ai ia, ka kimi nei i Aotearoa nei i te wāhi e mau ariari ana te āhua ki taua Whāngārā-mai-tawhiti (TTT 1/10/1922:10). / It was because of Paikea's yearning for the land from which he had migrated that he sought a place in the North Island that clearly looked like that other Whāngārā-mai-tawhiti (distant Whāngārā).

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3. (noun) clarity, resolution (of an image).

Ko te ariari te mārama o te kitea atu o ngā hanga ririki i tētahi whakaahua (RTA 2014:78). / The resolution is the clarity of the visibility of the fine detail in a photograph (RTA 2014:78).

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