Used in a Sentence

expressly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for expressly.

Editorial note

Hmm, my intent was to expressly claim those things at large scales, or more accurately, at all scales.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of expressly gathered in one view.

adverb

In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.

adverb

Exclusively or specifically.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for expressly.

adverb

In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.

adverb

Exclusively or specifically.

Example sentences

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Hmm, my intent was to expressly claim those things at large scales, or more accurately, at all scales.

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Note that most of the convictions are for conspiracy to commit crimes or for selling tools expressly to commit them.

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Github's previous policy was to allow any content that did not expressly break American laws.

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You can't get the address of an object member unless the author expressly allows you.

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Powershell is one of the few new ones and is designed from the ground up expressly not to allow this type of thing.

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For most of human history, philosophy was expressly designed to perform discovery - albeit speculatively - on universal principles without the invocation of religion.

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Yelp expressly forbids this, and without Yelp, you don't have a product.

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The GPL expressly allows using the software for any purpose.

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Even in the (in my estimation) relatively small fraction that are in fact truly, expressly legally justified, it's a failure on a different layer of the stack.

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Slamming around your users like that is for me expressly against the reasons why I'm using firefox and not one of the other browser offerings.

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>It’s designed expressly to make workers get and feel lost, because, as neuroscience shows, disorientation keeps people alert and expecting the unexpected.

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> It’s designed expressly to make workers get and feel lost, because, as neuroscience shows, disorientation keeps people alert and expecting the unexpected.

Quote examples

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Except that it is expressly illegal and finance is required by law to maintain "glass wall" between certain divisions and control the flow of information.

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There's been no public audit of their "secure" code and most messages aren't even sent via the secure channel unless you expressly tell it to do so.

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It's expressly built to bring "dynamic feeling" to Java.

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But "propogating propoganda"like this expressly at odds with being the "paper of record".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use expressly in a sentence?

Hmm, my intent was to expressly claim those things at large scales, or more accurately, at all scales.

What does expressly mean?

In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.

What part of speech is expressly?

expressly is commonly used as adverb.