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Thesaurus: namely

By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.

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  1. adv. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.
  2. adv. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.
  3. adv. as follows
  4. 1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. [Obs.] Chaucer. The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. Milton. 2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation. For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none Addison.