Meanings
- not comparableIn an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.
We were expressly permitted to use the building. See – here is the note from the manager clearly stating that we have permission to use the building.
3 more examples
"What do you think of this sentence, my dear Lizzy?" said Jane as she finished it. "Is it not clear enough? Does it not expressly declare that Caroline neither expects nor wishes me to be her sister; […]"
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 21, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLCThis is a matter of coincidence rather than historical continuity; there is, however, a link between Stirner and modern existentialism through Nietzsche, who had read Stirner's work though he nowhere expressly refers to it.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 163"No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor."
2013 November 28, “Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License”, in WikisourceSynonyms: explicitly, expressis verbis, clearly, directly, downrightly, explicitly, expressis verbis, patently
- not comparableExclusively or specifically.
No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, […]
1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLCSynonyms: solely, alone, entirely, exclusively, merely, only, purely, solely
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian изрично, категорично
- изрично (izrično)in an expressive or explicit manner
- категорично (kategorično)in an expressive or explicit manner
Catalan expressament
- expressamentin an expressive or explicit manner
Czech výslovně
- výslovněin an expressive or explicit manner
Dutch uitdrukkelijk
- uitdrukkelijkin an expressive or explicit manner
German ausdrücklich
- ausdrücklichin an expressive or explicit manner
Hungarian kifejezetten, határozottan
- kifejezettenin an expressive or explicit manner
- határozottanin an expressive or explicit manner
Indonesian secara tegas, dengan jelas
- secara tegasin an expressive or explicit manner
- dengan jelasin an expressive or explicit manner
- dengan tegasin an expressive or explicit manner
Latin nōminātim
- nōminātimin an expressive or explicit manner
Polish wyraźnie
- wyraźniein an expressive or explicit manner
Portuguese expressamente
- expressamentein an expressive or explicit manner
Russian специа́льно, конкре́тно
- специа́льно (speciálʹno)in an expressive or explicit manner
- конкре́тно (konkrétno)in an expressive or explicit manner
- я́вно (jávno)in an expressive or explicit manner
Scottish Gaelic a dh'aon ghnothach
- a dh'aon ghnothachin an expressive or explicit manner
Spanish expresamente
- expresamentein an expressive or explicit manner
Swedish uttryckligen
- uttryckligenin an expressive or explicit manner
Cite this entry
expressly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressly
“expressly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expressly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expressly.
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