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

Now the marketing very explicitly features dinosaurs chasing the family, to the point that Starbuck is talking about it and trying to appeal to moms on Facebook who might be among the nearly million followers to this AI feed. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 10 Aug. 2026

And if Alito’s wife, Martha-Ann, minors in election conspiracies, Thomas’s wife, Ginni, majors in it, having explicitly urged lawmakers in two states to overturn Biden’s election. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

This is stuff that these guys have been saying on the record very explicitly for decades. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

The available records do not explicitly establish that the meeting inspired the investigation’s code name, though Sessions would go on to recuse himself from all future investigations related to the 2016 election that day. — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

explicit + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1657, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for explicitly

• implicitly