explicitly
adverb
ex·plic·it·ly
ik-ˈspli-sət-lē 
: in an explicit manner : clearly and without any vagueness or ambiguity
We were explicitly warned about what could happen.
The map shows explicitly where the fire alarms are located.
… did not know about the ferrying of weapons to the rebels, an activity explicitly forbidden by Congress.—
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Update your website's robots.txt file to explicitly allow access to legitimate AI crawlers like OpenAI's GPTBot and Google's AI systems, while still blocking problematic scrapers.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
In the evening Heiss came to Prima’s apartment, even though her note had explicitly forbidden it.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
On Thursday, Netanyahu said explicitly for the first time that defeating Israel’s enemies was more important than securing the release of the remaining hostages, in remarks that drew a backlash from representatives of their families.
—Dana Karni, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Although the deal doesn't explicitly address security guarantees, Ukrainians are seeing the language coming from the White House as a good sign.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 May 2025
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
In the evening Heiss came to Prima’s apartment, even though her note had explicitly forbidden it.
—Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
On Thursday, Netanyahu said explicitly for the first time that defeating Israel’s enemies was more important than securing the release of the remaining hostages, in remarks that drew a backlash from representatives of their families.
—Dana Karni, CNN Money, 3 May 2025
Although the deal doesn't explicitly address security guarantees, Ukrainians are seeing the language coming from the White House as a good sign.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for explicitly
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“Explicitly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicitly. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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