Clearly bowled, as is fitting (8)
I believe the answer is:
brightly
'clearly' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'bowled as is fitting' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'bowled' could be 'b' (cricket abbreviation) and 'b' is found in the answer.
'fitting' could be 'right' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'right' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for brightly that I've seen is " with intelligence".)