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/nˈeɪmli/ Listen

adverb

Namely adv.

By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. (Obs.) "The solitariness of man... God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage."

That is to say; to wit; videlicet; introducing a particular or specific designation. "For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none can question."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Namely" Quotes from Famous Books

... your masterly address at Vienna. That lucid and admirable statement seems to be the last word in the matter. There is one sentence in it, however—namely: 'I protest strongly against the insufferable and entirely dogmatic assertion that each separate id is a microcosm possessed of an historical architecture elaborated slowly through the series of generations.' Have you no desire, in view of ...

— The Lost World • Arthur Conan Doyle

... turns, and the one whom she commissioned to make the inquiries was expected to bring the fuller answers. Sometimes, we played on the way and made mistakes. Then she would mete out to us that hardest of punishments, namely, that we were not to speak with each other until she should forgive our offence. Forgiveness usually came before time to drive up the cows, for she knew that we were nimbler-footed when she started us ...

— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

... about in search of a better and more important post; and during one of these trips he received a letter from Caroline, saying that they had better part. This brought forth the accusation from the embittered Weber that "Her views of high art were not above the usual pitiful standard, namely, that it was but a means of procuring soup, meat, and shirts." There can be no doubt, however, that her influence was of the utmost ...

— Woman's Work in Music • Arthur Elson

... important department which calls for a zealous amateur or two, namely, the colors of double stars, for these have usually been noted after the eye has been fatigued with observing in illuminated fields. The volume I hope to forward—en hommage—will contain all the pros and ...

— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell

... depending upon or following the nature of language when I inserted the word "solum" (alone) in Rom. 3 as the text itself, and St. Paul's meaning, urgently necessitated and demanded it. He is dealing with the main point of Christian doctrine in this passage—namely that we are justified by faith in Christ without any works of the Law. In fact, he rejects all works so completely as to say that the works of the Law, though it is God's law and word, do not aid us in justification. ...

— An Open Letter on Translating • Gary Mann

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