Meanings
comparative more explicitly · superlative most explicitly
- In an explicit manner.
The fifth amendment to the United States constitution provides explicitly for the protection of private property.
1 more example
Descartes's methodism with its regulative criterion leads him to explicitly deny that accidentally true belief qualifies as knowledge.
1999, Matthew C. Bagger, Religious Experience, Justification, and History, →ISBN, page 62Synonyms: expressly, unambiguously, clearly, directly, downrightly, expressis verbis, patently, plainly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an explicit manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin an explicit manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic صَرَاحَةً
- صَرَاحَةً (ṣarāḥatan)in an explicit manner
Catalan explícitament
- explícitamentin an explicit manner
Chinese Mandarin 明確地 /明确地
- 明確地 /明确地 (míngquè de)in an explicit manner
Czech výslovně, explicitně
- výslovněin an explicit manner
- explicitněin an explicit manner
Danish eksplicit, tydeligt
- eksplicitin an explicit manner
- tydeligtin an explicit manner
- klartin an explicit manner
- med rene ordin an explicit manner
Dutch uitdrukkelijk
- uitdrukkelijkin an explicit manner
Esperanto eksplicite
- eksplicitein an explicit manner
Finnish selvästi, eksplisiittisesti
- selvästiin an explicit manner
- eksplisiittisestiin an explicit manner
French explicitement
- explicitementin an explicit manner
German ausdrücklich
- ausdrücklichin an explicit manner
Greek ρητά, ρητώς
- ρητά (ritá)in an explicit manner
- ρητώς (ritós)in an explicit manner
Italian esplicitamente
- esplicitamentein an explicit manner
Japanese 明確に, 明白に
- 明確に (meikakuni)in an explicit manner
- 明白に (meihakuni)in an explicit manner
- 明らかに (akirakani)in an explicit manner
Norwegian Bokmål eksplisitt
- eksplisittin an explicit manner
Persian صراحتاً, صریحاً
- صراحتاً (serâhatan)in an explicit manner
- صریحاً (sarihan)in an explicit manner
- بهصراحت (be-serâhat)in an explicit manner
- رویراست (rôy-e-râst)in an explicit manner
Polish wyraźnie
- wyraźniein an explicit manner
Portuguese explicitamente
- explicitamentein an explicit manner
Russian я́вно
- я́вно (jávno)in an explicit manner
Spanish explícitamente, rotundamente
- explícitamentein an explicit manner
- rotundamentein an explicit manner
Swedish uttryckligen
- uttryckligenin an explicit manner
Ukrainian я́вно
- я́вно (jávno)in an explicit manner
Cite this entry
explicitly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explicitly
“explicitly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explicitly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “explicitly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explicitly.
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