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namely¹
- /ˈneɪmli/
Rhymes with -eɪmli
Where it comes from
From Middle English namely, nameliche, namelike, equivalent to name + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian nämmelk, West Frisian nammentlik, Dutch namelijk, German Low German nämlich, German nämlich, Danish nemlig, Swedish nämligen, Icelandic nefnilega.
adverb
- Specifically; that is to say. Some of the students — namely Paul, Alice and Jake — seem to have trouble with geometry.
- Especially, above all. THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / and namely with la beale Isoud / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber
Similar: that is to say, to wit, videlicet, scilicet, viz., sc., in other words
namely²
- /ˈneɪmli/
Rhymes with -eɪmli
Where it comes from
From Middle English namely, namly, equivalent to name + -ly.
adjective more namely · namelier · most namely · nameliest
- Notable, distinguished; famous, renowned; well-known. […] and certainly there was no namelier king in Scotland for building churches and developing the communities of the land into free towns or burghs.
