The word namely is a way of saying, "That is to say." After the word namely, you find out the specifics of something.
By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.
Adverb
as follows
adv.
By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially;
expressly.
adv.
That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a
particular or specific designation.
Namely
The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage.2.
For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none an question.
By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.
Usage Examples
In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.
We can safely abandon the doctrine of the eighties, namely that the rich were not working because they had too little money, the poor because they had much.
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Other Usage ExamplesThere is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.
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