Commonly and Namely

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Commonly adverb - According to the usual course of things.

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Namely is an antonym for commonly.

Nearby Words: common, commonplace, commonness

Namely adverb - That is to say.

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Commonly is an antonym for namely in that is to say topic.

The show depicts a different type of cat commonly referred to as a panther, namely melanistic leopards or "black panthers".

Source: Series / True Blood
In Fallout: New Vegas, the two most commonly flagged always hostile enemy types, namely raiders and mutated animals, will gladly fight each other and not the player even if the player is in detection range.

Source: Gang Up on the Human
Later bands also added in other elements that became commonly associated with the genre, namely clean, ethereal atmospheric textures, electronic overtones, and occasionally clean singing depending on the act.

Source: Djent

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