explicitly
pronunciation
How to pronounce explicitly in British English:
UK [ɪk'splɪsɪtlɪ]
How to pronounce explicitly in American English:
US [ɪk'splɪsɪtlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in an explicit manner
- in an explicit manner
Word Origin
- explicitly (adv.)
- 1630s, from explicit + -ly (2). Opposed to implicitly.
Example
- 1. First , high-speed rail was explicitly a national project .
- 2. One school-based program , the date safe project , teaches kids explicitly about healthy relationships and consent , she said .
- 3. Another is that they failed explicitly to pass on the savings to employees .
- 4. Facebook , twitter and youtube are all explicitly blocked .
- 5. Maybe we need to borrow even more explicitly from the french .