Definition of "expressly"

expressly

/ɪkˈspɹɛsli/

adverb
not comparable
1. In an express or explicit manner; in a clear or specific manner.
  Quotations
  "What do you think of this sentence, my dear Lizzy?" said Jane as she finished it. "Is it not clear enough? Does it not expressly declare that Caroline neither expects nor wishes me to be her sister; […] "
  1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter 21, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […]
  "No term or condition of this Public License will be waived and no failure to comply consented to unless expressly agreed to by the Licensor."
  2013 November, “Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License”, in Wikisource
2. Exclusively or specifically.
  Quotations
  No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, […]
  1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861

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