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expressly

[ik-spres-lee]

Origin

adverb

for the particular or specific purpose; specially: I came expressly to see you.

in an express manner; explicitly: I asked him expressly to stop talking.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see express, -ly

Related forms

un·ex·press·ly, adverb

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expressly (ɪkˈsprɛslɪ)

—*adv*
1.	for an express purpose; with specific intentions
2.	plainly, exactly, or unmistakably

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Word Origin & History

expressly

late 14c., "in detail, plainly," from express + -ly (2). Meaning "for the express purpose" is c.1600.

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"There have been heroes for whom this world seemed expressly prepared, as if creation had at last succeeded; whose daily life was the stuff of which our dreams are made, and whose presence enhanced the beauty and ampleness of Nature herself."

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