explicitly
explicitly adverb: in an explicit manner.
Adverb
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.
- Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.1999, Matthew C. Bagger, Religious Experience, Justification, and History, →ISBN, page 62
- Synonyms:
- expressly, unambiguously, clearly, directly, downrightly, expressis verbis, patently, plainly, specifically, unequivocally
explicitly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Persian
explicitly in Tamil
- தெளிவுத்தன்மை, வெளிப்படையாக, தெளிவாக
explicitly in Urdu
- پوست کندہ, صاف صاف
explicitly in Arabic
- in an explicit manner
- صَرَاحَةً ṣarāḥatan
explicitly in Persian
- in an explicit manner
- صراحتاً serâhatan, صریحاً sarihan, بهصراحت be-serâhat, رویراست rôy-e-râst
Examples of explicitly in a sentence
- I've been explicitly forbidden to leave and therefore must stay longer.
- The text box won't receive the user's keystrokes unless you explicitly focus it.
- Meanwhile, Kailash is also the only jokul in China that was explicitly banned from climbing.
Synonyms of explicitly
- expressly
- unambiguously
- clearly
- directly
- expressis verbis
- patently
- plainly
- specifically
- unequivocally
- univocally
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Antonyms
Forms of explicitly
| comparative | more explicitly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most explicitly |
Origin of explicitly
From explicit + -ly.
Questions about explicitly
- What does explicitly mean?
- Explicitly means in an explicit manner.
- What is explicitly in Tamil?
- Explicitly in Tamil is தெளிவுத்தன்மை, வெளிப்படையாக, தெளிவாக. See Explicitly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is explicitly?
- Explicitly is an adverb.
Words near explicitly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: explicitly (page history and authors); explicitly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); explicitly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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