Expressly and Really

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Expressly adverb - With specific intentions; for the express purpose.

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Really and expressly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Really" instead an adverb "Expressly".

Really adverb - In actual fact.

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Expressly and really are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expressly" instead an adverb "Really".

Nearby Words: realize, real, reality, realistic, realization

Ron's favorite book is Moby Dick, expressly because he believes that it's not filled with pointless metaphors and faux symbolism, simply being the tale of a man who really hates a whale.

Source: Faux Symbolism aka: What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic
As Snare points out, Overlord is an Implacable Man and Super Soldier built expressly for killing and has fought entire battalions single-handed, so there's really no difference between the two choices.

Source: Morton's Fork
Resthaven is so utterly protected - few of its inhabitants know of the outside world at all, and even airplanes are expressly forbidden from flying overhead - that it never really runs into danger in the story.

Source: Last Fertile Region

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