namely

adverb

Definition of namelynext
as in especially
that is to say there's always one person stuck with cleaning up the mess, namely me

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“Namely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namely. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.

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