explicitly
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]explicitly (comparative more explicitly, superlative most explicitly)
- 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.
Synonyms
[edit]- expressly, unambiguously; see also Thesaurus:explicitly
Antonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]in an explicit manner
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Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From explicit (“explicit”) + -ly (“-ly”).
Adverb
[edit]explicitly (comparative mair explicitly, superlative maist explicitly)