Expressly
Expressly adverb - With specific intentions; for the express purpose.
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Synonyms for Expressly
Sure and expressly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sure" instead an adverb "Expressly".
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Both words in one sentence
- All this, and by the first woman to not use a pseudonym, and to make sure all publications very expressly stated her gender.Trying to escape, Imoinda is discovered and sold into slavery.
Source: Literature / Oroonoko -
In the Men in Black comics and their adaptations (and in the The Men in Black urban myth that inspired them), the title organization is expressly dedicated to making sure Earth civilians stay unaware of aliens.
Source: Invisible Aliens
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