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exply

Syllables: ex·plyUK/ɛksˈplaɪ/

exply verb: to clearly and unambiguously state something.

Verb

exply (third-person singular simple present explies, present participle explying, simple past and past participle explied)

  1. (transitive) To clearly and unambiguously state something.
    • To exply that he was enjoying his meal, Charlie shouted, "This food tastes amazing!"
    • "To be honest, I just don't like this song", Alice explied.
    Antonyms:
    imply, suggest, insinuate

Synonyms of exply

Antonyms

Forms of exply

third-person singular presentexplies
present participleexplying
past participleexplied
pastexplied

Origin of exply

Back-formation from explicit, compare with implicit–imply.

Words that rhyme with exply

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Questions about exply

What does exply mean?
Exply means to clearly and unambiguously state something.
What part of speech is exply?
Exply is a verb.
How do you pronounce exply?
Exply is pronounced /ɛksˈplaɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of exply?
The past tense of exply is explied.

Words near exply in the dictionary

  1. explosives
  2. explosivities
  3. explosivity
  4. explosophore
  5. explosophores
  6. exply
  7. expo
  8. expoliation
  9. expoliations
  10. expolish
  11. expolished

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