adj
Meaning 1
Notable, distinguished; famous, renowned; well-known.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
namely
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈneɪmli/
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rhymes with -eɪmli
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CMU ARPABET: N EY1 M L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Specifically; that is to say.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Some of the students — namely Paul, Alice and Jake — seem to have trouble with geometry.
- There are three ways to do it, namely the right way, the wrong way and the Army way.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Especially, above all.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
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adverb
Meaning 4
as follows
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English namely, namly, equivalent to name + -ly.
From Middle English namely, nameliche, namelike, equivalent to name + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian nämmelk, West Frisian nammentlik, Dutch namelijk, German Low German nämlich, German nämlich, Danish nemlig, Swedish nämligen, Icelandic nefnilega.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: naamlik — specifically
- Armenian: այն է (ayn ē) — specifically
- Bulgarian: и́менно (ímenno) — specifically
- Chinese Mandarin: 亦即 (yìjí) — specifically
- Chinese Mandarin: 即 (jí) — specifically
- Czech: totiž — specifically
- Czech: jmenovitě — specifically
- Czech: a to — specifically
- Danish: nemlig — specifically
- Dutch: namelijk — specifically
- Esperanto: nome — specifically
- Finnish: nimittäin — specifically
- French: nommément — specifically
- French: c'est-à-dire — specifically
- French: à savoir — specifically
- Georgian: სახელდობრ (saxeldobr) — specifically
- Georgian: კერძოდ (ḳerʒod) — specifically
- German: und zwar — specifically
- German: nämlich — specifically
- Greek: ονομαστικά (onomastiká) — specifically
- Greek: ήτοι (ítoi) — specifically
- Greek: δηλαδή (diladí) — specifically
- Hungarian: mégpedig — specifically
- Hungarian: nevezetesen — specifically
- Hungarian: konkrétan — specifically
- Hungarian: jelesül — specifically
- Hungarian: tudniillik — specifically
- Icelandic: nefnilega — specifically
- Indonesian: yaitu — specifically
- Interlingua: a saper — specifically
- Irish: eadhon — specifically
- Italian: cioè — specifically
- Italian: ovvero — specifically
- Italian: ovverosia — specifically
- Italian: vale a dire — specifically
- Japanese: 即ち (sunawachi) — specifically
- Japanese: つまり (tsumari) — specifically
- Latin: utpote — specifically
- Latin: vidēlicet — specifically
- Latin: nominē — specifically
- Māori: arā — specifically
- Polish: mianowicie — specifically
- Polish: czyli — specifically
- Polish: to znaczy — specifically
- Polish: to jest — specifically
- Portuguese: leia-se — specifically
- Portuguese: nomeadamente — specifically
- Romanian: adică — specifically
- Russian: а и́менно (a ímenno) — specifically
- Russian: то́ есть (tó jestʹ) — specifically
- Scottish Gaelic: eadhon — specifically
- Serbo-Croatian: на̀име — specifically
- Serbo-Croatian: поимѐнце̄ — specifically
- Serbo-Croatian: поимѐнице̄ — specifically
- Serbo-Croatian: nàime — specifically
- Serbo-Croatian: poimèncē — specifically
- Serbo-Croatian: poimènicē — specifically
- Spanish: específicamente — specifically
- Spanish: a saber — specifically
- Spanish: nombradamente — specifically
- Spanish: concretamente — specifically
- Swedish: nämligen — specifically
- Ukrainian: а са́ме (a sáme) — specifically
- Ukrainian: тобто (tobto) — specifically
- Venetan: cioè — specifically
- Volapük: sevabo — specifically
- Welsh: sef — specifically
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