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.—
Neil A. Lewis
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That prohibition did not explicitly cover online sales, but the city of San Diego is one of a number of local governments that adopted laws to eliminate any potential loophole.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The Boulder judge found that because the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act was created in addition to — not instead of — common law immunity, the latter still exists and applies despite the 2020 reform, because the 2020 law did not explicitly wipe away common law immunity.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
In America, Ammon and his army of pizza-chomping rednecks will not stop asking why a nation born in revolution and built thereafter on a Constitution explicitly maximizing individual liberty while minimizing government intrusion seems day by day, ever more, to be getting it all backwards.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Trump's campaign has explicitly targeted male voters, calling on them to turn out on Election Day to outweigh high proportions of early voting activity from women.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
The Boulder judge found that because the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act was created in addition to — not instead of — common law immunity, the latter still exists and applies despite the 2020 reform, because the 2020 law did not explicitly wipe away common law immunity.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
In America, Ammon and his army of pizza-chomping rednecks will not stop asking why a nation born in revolution and built thereafter on a Constitution explicitly maximizing individual liberty while minimizing government intrusion seems day by day, ever more, to be getting it all backwards.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
Trump's campaign has explicitly targeted male voters, calling on them to turn out on Election Day to outweigh high proportions of early voting activity from women.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Explicitly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicitly. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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