Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. That is to say; specifically.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adv. Especially, above all.
- adv. Specifically; that is to say
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. obsolete By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.
- adv. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. as follows
Etymologies
- From name + -ly. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The most absurd cases I have heard of here are those where a lawyer has a personal interest in the outcome (namely is a parent to thechild).”
The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen
“It should be noted, first off, that my consideration here is presently in view of the Mozarabic liturgy of recent centuries; namely from the 16th until the 20th century, and not, per se, the earlier historical forms of the Mozarabic liturgy in the middle ages and before.”
“In this way "he certainly is relatively free, namely from the immediate compulsion of objects that are present through intuition" (31).”
The Melancholic Gift: Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and Fiction
“Mike Ion asks an interesting question, namely is the time right for the UK to join the Euro?”
“I appreciate all the people who want a "quicker answer" but I guess I want to write the kind of wine reviews that would help me in a store, namely is this wine worth what it costs, and is it a good example of its type.”
“In a nutshell, she looks at the guts of the article, whether it was fair, whether it was accurate, and doesn't really consider the larger question, namely, is it appropriate to run this kind of article on the front page of the paper on Easter Sunday?”
“In Gorean, the delta of a river is referred to as its, âdelka. â The reasoning here is the same as in Greek, and, derivatively, in English, namely the resemblance of a delta region to a cartographical triangle.”
“The reasoning here is the same as in Greek, and, derivatively, in English, namely the resemblance of a delta region to a cartographical triangle.”
“The damage which the disease-producing microorganisms cause, namely, is conditioned by the poisons which these organisms produce and which are distributed by the body fluids.”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908 - Presentation Speech
“It carried with it another innovation of Canadian origin – namely, a mobile acetylene gas plant.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘namely’.
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EN - Glasgow stop list
Words to be replaced by a paragraph mark if you are after terms and MWEs.
about, above, across, after, afterwards, again, against, all, almost, alone, along, already and 291 more...
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Specifically
Being a list of words which have "specifically" in their definitions.
recompose, specifically, Dutch, abstinence, discipline, virtue, namely, opening, century, amalgamation, cup, second and 303 more...
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Result
hence, therefore, accordingly, consequently, thus, thereupon, as a result, in consequence, subsequently, after all, all things consid..., briefly and 22 more...
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exemplifying
above all, chiefly, with attention to, especially, particularly, singularly, primacy, primarily, for instance, in particular, markedly, namely, and 42 more...
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Twilight_Love_Story's list
My favorite words
methodical, masochistic, nurture, angelic, artistic, melody, animals, peaceful, ambling, definition, musical, choatic and 7 more...
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constructions
+structural words that may be commonplace, but have plenty of punch
against, contrast, oppose, although, addition, besides, likewise, consquently, as a result, hence, otherwise, chief and 7 more...
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tmradman's Words
lexicon, taxonomy, hoplophobe, hoplophobia, namely, to wit, notwithstanding
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