Standard Lemma guide

explicitly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an explicit manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an explicit manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in his foreword Professor Clark puts it explicitly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: implicitly

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English explicit Middle English -ly English -ly English explicitly From explicit + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَرَاحَةً (ṣarāḥatan) — in an explicit manner
  • Belarusian: я́ўна (jáwna) — in an explicit manner
  • Catalan: explícitament — in an explicit manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 明確地 /明确地 (míngquè de) — in an explicit manner
  • Czech: výslovně — in an explicit manner
  • Czech: explicitně — in an explicit manner
  • Danish: eksplicit — in an explicit manner
  • Danish: tydeligt — in an explicit manner
  • Danish: klart — in an explicit manner
  • Danish: med rene ord — in an explicit manner
  • Dutch: uitdrukkelijk — in an explicit manner
  • Esperanto: eksplicite — in an explicit manner
  • Finnish: selvästi — in an explicit manner
  • Finnish: eksplisiittisesti — in an explicit manner
  • French: explicitement — in an explicit manner
  • Galician: explicitamente — in an explicit manner
  • German: ausdrücklich — in an explicit manner
  • Greek: ρητά (ritá) — in an explicit manner
  • Greek: ρητώς (ritós) — in an explicit manner
  • Italian: esplicitamente — in an explicit manner
  • Japanese: 明確に (meikakuni) — in an explicit manner
  • Japanese: 明白に (meihakuni) — in an explicit manner
  • Japanese: 明らかに (akirakani) — in an explicit manner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eksplisitt — in an explicit manner
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eksplisitt — in an explicit manner
  • Occitan: explicitament — in an explicit manner
  • Persian: صراحتاً (serâhatan) — in an explicit manner
  • Persian: صریحاً (sarihan) — in an explicit manner
  • Persian: بهصراحت (be-serâhat) — in an explicit manner
  • Persian: رویراست (rôy-e-râst) — in an explicit manner
  • Polish: wyraźnie — in an explicit manner
  • Portuguese: explicitamente — in an explicit manner
  • Russian: я́вно (jávno) — in an explicit manner
  • Scots: explicitly — in an explicit manner
  • Spanish: explícitamente — in an explicit manner
  • Spanish: rotundamente — in an explicit manner
  • Swedish: uttryckligen — in an explicit manner
  • Tajik: рӯирост (rüyirost) — in an explicit manner
  • Tajik: сароҳатан (sarohatan) — in an explicit manner
  • Tajik: сареҳан (sarehan) — in an explicit manner
  • Ukrainian: я́вно (jávno) — in an explicit manner
Real reading context

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