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explicitly

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that is clearly expressed, demonstrated, or formulated:
There are a couple of important points that I wish had been made more clearly and explicitly.
We should also explicitly advocate for ourselves when it comes to promotions or raises.
in a way that is direct or precise; specifically:
Women and underrepresented minorities are explicitly invited to apply.
in a graphic or detailed way; not leaving anything to the imagination:
The art to be displayed cannot include explicitly sexual scenes, nudity, or salacious or revealing imagery.

But the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.

“Sometimes the Christians are saying, ‘We need to hear explicitly Christian stuff,’” says Mineo.

A fair number explicitly ask for an antibiotic, to cover the possibility that it is “bronchitis” or a “sinus infection.”

Think about it: Dodd-Frank was explicitly passed to drive a stake through the heart of the implicit concept of “too big to fail.”

Their focus was less explicitly political and more absurdist.

And explicitly, in the same connection are the various observances included in it presented in precept.

Why should they not jointly come under explicitly avowed obligations to God?

But his charge, or his law and covenant, as a trust, he explicitly gives his people commandment to keep.

The compositions oftenest and most explicitly mentioned in the letters are also the most important ones—namely, the concertos.

At the second sitting of the committee, Mr. Madison explained his own opinions of the duty of Congress, fully and explicitly.

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