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Synonyms for expressly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : ik-spres-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsprɛs li |
Top 10 synonyms for expressly
Définition of expressly
Origin :- late 14c., "in detail, plainly," from express + -ly (2). Meaning "for the express purpose" is c.1600.
- adv purposely
- adv definitely, unambiguously
- This Robert had expressly declined to do, and Halbert felt very indignant.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- With us there is left the soul, which is expressly said to be inconsumable.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 » by Various
- But this cannot be, for he says expressly that he was one of the besiegers.
- Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
- But he was married to Cleo, and, unless she expressly left him, he must stand by her.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- They had been placed there expressly so as to know the moment of my arrival.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
- But he expressly acknowledges Goodyear to be the first inventor.
- Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
- But Balbus expressly said that the walk "used up the whole of the area."
- Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
- Lyell expressly denied that this is true of the animal and plant world.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- A statute, in 1791, expressly forbade the whipping of female vagrants.
- Extract from : « Bygone Punishments » by William Andrews
- Mr. Blake expressly writes that his wife wishes to rough-it.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
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