namely

Adverb
Synonyms: viz.that is to sayto witvidelicet

WordNet 3.0

Adverb (1)

  1. as followsSynonyms: viz.that is to sayto witvidelicet
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Namely \Name"ly\, adv.

1.By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The solitariness of man . . . God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation. [1913 Webster]

For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none can question.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
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