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explicitly

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

formal

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Forms

Comparative
more explicitly
Superlative
most explicitly

Definitions

  1. 1.In an explicit manner.

    • The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.
    • Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.

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English explicit

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English explicitly

From explicit + -ly.

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