Explicitly
Explicitly adverb - In an explicit manner.
Openly and explicitly are semantically related in clearly topic. In some cases you can use "Openly" instead an adverb "Explicitly", when it comes to topics like obviously.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- precisely and explicitly
- precisely and openly
- truly and explicitly
- truly and openly
- directly and explicitly
- directly and openly
- outright and explicitly
- outright and openly
- definitely and explicitly
- definitely and openly
- apparently and explicitly
- apparently and openly
- plainly and explicitly
- plainly and openly
Both words in one sentence
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He's not explicitly stated to be gay, but he's clearly a parody of the openly gay Perez Hilton and is EXTREMELY camp.
- In Discworld, gods and anthropomorphic personifications exist explicitly because people believe in them, and often interact openly and directly with humanity.
Source: Religion Is Right -
In the books, it's explicitly stated by Aragorn that they would not have openly attacked the inn in this manner, and that their assailants were instead Men of Bree under their influence.
Source: Film / The Lord of the Rings
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