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namely

[neym-lee]

Origin

adverb

that is to say; explicitly; specifically; to wit: an item of legislation, namely, the housing bill.

Origin:
1125–75; Middle English namely, earlier nameliche. See name, -ly

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namely (ˈneɪmlɪ)

—*adv*
	that is to say: it was another colour, namely green

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namely

"particularly, especially" (i.e. "by name"), late 12c., from name.

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"Even if it is given that someone understands the name 'God' to signify what is said, namely, 'that than which a greater cannot be conceived,' it does not follow that what is signified by this name exists in the nature of things, but only that it exists in the apprehension of the understanding."

-Thomas Aquinas

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