explicitly

explicitly

English

Etymology

    From explicit + -ly.

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    Adverb

    explicitly (comparative more explicitly, superlative most explicitly)

    1. In an explicit manner.
      The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.
      • 1999, Matthew C. Bagger, Religious Experience, Justification, and History, →ISBN, page 62:
        Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.

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    Scots

    Etymology

    From explicit (explicit) +‎ -ly (-ly).

    Adverb

    explicitly (comparative mair explicitly, superlative maist explicitly)

    1. Explicitly.