explicitly
adverb
ex·plic·it·ly
ik-ˈspli-sət-lē 
: in an explicit manner : clearly and without any vagueness or ambiguity
We were explicitly warned about what could happen.
The map shows explicitly where the fire alarms are located.
… did not know about the ferrying of weapons to the rebels, an activity explicitly forbidden by Congress.—
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Abercrombie & Fitch in March decided to explicitly incorporate the latest 15% tariff assumption into its outlook, becoming one of the first retailers to provide clarity on the new guidelines.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2026
The opposing side, meanwhile, has of course been fighting explicitly for God since 1979.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
Evidence shows that these efforts are both ineffective and harmful to patients, though Chiles’ lawyers argued that the existing body of research doesn’t focus explicitly on forms of the practice that are speech- or conversation-based.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Aligned—sometimes explicitly—with Édouard Glissant’s poetics of relation, with its emphasis on the creative power of hybridity and fluid identities, these new biennials presented cultures as entangled and nonhierarchical.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
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Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2026
The opposing side, meanwhile, has of course been fighting explicitly for God since 1979.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
Evidence shows that these efforts are both ineffective and harmful to patients, though Chiles’ lawyers argued that the existing body of research doesn’t focus explicitly on forms of the practice that are speech- or conversation-based.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Apr. 2026
Aligned—sometimes explicitly—with Édouard Glissant’s poetics of relation, with its emphasis on the creative power of hybridity and fluid identities, these new biennials presented cultures as entangled and nonhierarchical.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026
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“Explicitly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicitly. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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