Namely and Rather

Namely

Namely adverb - That is to say.
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Synonyms for Namely

Rather and namely are semantically related in exactly topic. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Namely".

Rather

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

Namely and rather are semantically related in exactly topic. Sometimes you can use "Namely" instead an adverb "Rather".

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  • Vampiric Draining Rider from Fate/stay night, who is decidedly not a vampire, but rather a Gorgon (namely, Medusa).
  • People who are for the latter love to point out the one scene in the Conjurer quest line where a young girl refuses to use other forms of conjury (namely attack spells like Stone and Areo) because she feels she's better off just healing rather than using other spells.
  • It's rather jarring if you consider that numerous other countries (namely Spain and France) have full releases of both the manga and the anime.
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