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namely

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Adverb
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name=ly
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19 in 19 verses (in OT : 10 in 10 verses) (in NT : 9 in 9 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

namelyadv. 
  •  By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "The solitariness of man . . . God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage."  [1913 Webster]
  •  That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.  [1913 Webster]
    "For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none can question."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

namely, adv. that is to say; in other words.

THESAURUS

namely

as here defined, as here interpreted, especially, exempli gratia, for example, for instance, id est, in explanation, in other words, nominally, particularly, sc, scil, scilicet, specially, specifically, that is, to explain, to wit, videlicet, viz

ROGET THESAURUS

namely

Speciality

N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.

Interpretation

N interpretation, definition, explanation, explication, solution, answer, rationale, plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation, meaning, translation, rendering, rendition, redition, literal translation, free translation, key, secret, clew, clavis, crib, pony, trot, exegesis, expounding, exposition, hermeneutics, comment, commentary, inference, illustration, exemplification, gloss, annotation, scholium, note, elucidation, dilucidation, eclaircissement, mot d'enigme, symptomatology, semiology, semeiology, semiotics, metoposcopy, physiognomy, paleography, oneirology acception, acceptation, acceptance, light, reading, lection, construction, version, equivalent, equivalent meaning, synonym, paraphrase, metaphrase, convertible terms, apposition, dictionary, polyglot, explanatory, expository, explicative, explicatory, exegetical, construable, polyglot, literal, paraphrastic, metaphrastic, consignificative, synonymous, equivalent, in explanation, that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words, literally, strictly speaking, in plain, in plainer terms, in plainer words, in plainer English, more simply.


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