Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adv
Expressly; explicitly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: patently, unambiguously, clearly, directly, downrightly, explicitly, expressis verbis, expressly, plainly, specifically, unequivocally, univocally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Unadapted borrowing from Latin expressis verbis (“pronounced with words”).
