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.

—Neil A. Lewis

Examples of explicitly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The laws of the game state explicitly that holding offences that start outside and continue into the area are penalised by a penalty kick. — Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Macklemore explicitly stands for collective liberation and love. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

The user's structural constraints must explicitly supersede the developer's default formatting templates. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Trump that same day explicitly linked disaster funding to politics while announcing money for Kansas, Iowa, Kentucky, South Dakota and North Dakota. — Chris Brennan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

explicit + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1657, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for explicitly

• implicitly