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ex·plic·it·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. explicitlyadverb

    in an explicit manner

    "in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly"

Wiktionary

  1. explicitlyadverb

    In an explicit manner.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Explicitlyadverb

    Plainly; directly; not merely by inference or implication.

    Etymology: from explicit.

    This querulous humour carries an implicit repugnance to God’s disposals; but where it is indulged, it usually is its own expositor, and explicitly avows it. Government of the Tongue.

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  1. explicitly

    Explicitly refers to something stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt. It can also mean directly or without avoiding unpleasant or difficult topics. In other words, if something is expressed explicitly, it's expressed in a very precise and open manner.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Explicitlyadverb

    in an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'explicitly' in Adverbs Frequency: #378

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of explicitly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of explicitly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of explicitly in a Sentence

  1. Peter Maurer:

    Since then, we have chosen to confront our past and to embrace transparency, the ICRC has also adopted a new policy on confidentiality, explicitly acknowledging that there is a path to condemnation of acts of inhumanity.

  2. Shinzo Abe:

    I believe that we must establish the status of the SDF explicitly in the constitution during our generation's lifetime and leave no room for contending the SDF could be unconstitutional, i strongly wish to make 2020 the year that the reborn Japan will make a new start.

  3. View Police spokeswoman Katie Nelson:

    It was extremely clear to us that no one who had been identified was potentially involved in any sort of criminal activity, and we explicitly said as much to Safeway employees.

  4. Ali Khamenei:

    The issue of negotiating with the Americans is related to the term of the previous [Ahmadinejad] government, and to the dispatching of a mediator to Tehran to request talks, at the time, a respected regional figure came to me as a mediator and explicitly said that U.S. President [Obama] had asked him to come to Tehran and present an American request for negotiations.

  5. Jim Chambers:

    We’ve had an explicitly stated ‘ no cop ’ policy since we opened, and we also don’t open membership to active members of the military.

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