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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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