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explicitly

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English

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Etymology

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From explicit +‎ -ly.

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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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Etymology

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

Adverb

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explicitly (comparative mair explicitly, superlative maist explicitly)

  1. Explicitly.