"explicitly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-us-explicitly.oga [US] Forms: more explicitly [comparative], most explicitly [superlative]
Etymology: From explicit + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|explicit|ly}} explicit + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} explicitly (comparative more explicitly, superlative most explicitly)
  1. In an explicit manner. Hypernyms: distinctly, obviously, overtly Hyponyms: definitively Related terms: bluntly, explicit Translations (in an explicit manner): صَرَاحَةً (ṣarāḥatan) (Arabic), я́ўна (jáŭna) (Belarusian), explícitament (Catalan), 明確地 (Chinese Mandarin), 明确地 (míngquè de) (Chinese Mandarin), výslovně (Czech), explicitně (Czech), eksplicit (Danish), tydeligt (Danish), klart (Danish), med rene ord (Danish), uitdrukkelijk (Dutch), eksplicite (Esperanto), selvästi (Finnish), eksplisiittisesti (Finnish), explicitement (French), explicitamente (Galician), ausdrücklich (German), ρητά (ritá) (Greek), ρητώς (ritós) (Greek), esplicitamente (Italian), 明確に (meikakuni) (Japanese), 明白に (meihakuni) (Japanese), 明らかに (akirakani) (Japanese), eksplisitt (Norwegian Bokmål), eksplisitt (Norwegian Nynorsk), explicitament (Occitan), صراحتاً (serâhatan) (Persian), صریحاً (sarihan) (Persian), بهصراحت (be-serâhat) (Persian), wyraźnie (Polish), explicitamente (Portuguese), я́вно (jávno) (Russian), explicitly (Scots), explícitamente (Spanish), rotundamente (Spanish), uttryckligen (Swedish), я́вно (jávno) (Ukrainian)

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          "code": "fi",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "in an explicit manner",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "in an explicit manner",
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      "code": "sco",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in an explicit manner",
      "word": "explícitamente"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in an explicit manner",
      "word": "rotundamente"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in an explicit manner",
      "word": "uttryckligen"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jávno",
      "sense": "in an explicit manner",
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