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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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