namely
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈneɪmli/
namely (not comparable)
- Specifically; that is to say.
- Some of the students — namely Paul, Alice and Jake — seem to have trouble with geometry.
- There are three ways to do it, namely the right way, the wrong way and the Army way.
- (now, rare) Especially, above all.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:10.11?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter xj], in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
- THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / and namely with la beale Isoud / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:10.11?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter xj], in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
- that is to say, to wit, videlicet, scilicet, viz., sc.; see also Thesaurus:specifically or Thesaurus:in other words
- French: nommément, c'est-à-dire, à savoir
- German: und zwar, nämlich
- Italian: cioè, ovvero, ovverosia
- Portuguese: leia-se, nomeadamente
- Russian: именно
- Spanish: específicamente, a saber
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