Definition of Namely

1. Adverb. As follows.

Exact synonyms: That Is To Say, To Wit, Videlicet, Viz.

Definition of Namely

1. adv. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.

Definition of Namely

1. Adverb. (rare) Especially, above all. ¹

2. Adverb. Specifically; that is to say ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Namely

1. that is to say [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Namely

named reporting
namedrop
namedropped
namedropper
namedroppers
namedropping
namedrops
nameko
nameless
nameless finger
namelessly
namelessness
namelessnesses
nameling
namelings
namely (current term)
nameplate
nameplates
namer
namers
names
namesake
namesakes
nameserver
nameservers
namespace
namespaced
namespaces
namespacing
namest

Literary usage of Namely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"... the gravity with which the first step is taken in the actual creation of the State, namely, the sending; out of the city all who had arrived at ten ..."

2. The Lancet (1842)
"... which the term citrate of iron most correctly represents, namely, the acid citrate, or that which is more frequently intended by the prescriber, namely, ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In two minor points the list is fairly open to criticism, namely, ... the work which has so long been needed, namely, a complete catalogue of the Rodentia. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"V. and on M-C1-, the perspective of X must be at the intersection of the two, namely at X'. Revolving the ground plane downwards we obtain Fig. 11. prism. ..."

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