Antonyms for expressly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : ik-spres-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsprɛs li

Definition 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

Example sentences :

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

Synonyms for expressly

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