Explicitly
Explicitly adverb - In an explicit manner.
On purpose and explicitly are semantically related in intentionally topic. In some cases you can use "On purpose" instead an adverb "Explicitly".
On purpose
On purpose adverb - With intention; in an intentional manner.
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Synonyms for On purpose
Explicitly and on purpose are semantically related in expressly topic. Sometimes you can use "Explicitly" instead an adverb phrase "On purpose".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- just and explicitly
- just and on purpose
- precisely and explicitly
- precisely and on purpose
- directly and explicitly
- directly and on purpose
- absolutely and explicitly
- absolutely and on purpose
- definitely and explicitly
- definitely and on purpose
- particularly and explicitly
- particularly and on purpose
- exactly and explicitly
- exactly and on purpose
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This power is similar and often a part of Combat Clairvoyance, but it does not usually help evading specific attacks on purpose, unless explicitly said so.
Source: Spider-Sense -
Somewhat subverted in a later episode, when it's explicitly stated he does this on purpose, because he thinks it makes the jokes funnier.
Source: Don't Explain the Joke - In the original novel (The Short-Timers, by Gustav Hasford, himself a Vietnam veteran) Joker, being Joker, was saluting the officer in a combat zone on purpose - and when explicitly ordered to.
Source: Artistic License Military
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