Word Meanings - NAMELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. Chaucer. The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. Milton. 2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular

Additional info about word: NAMELY

1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. Chaucer. The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. Milton. 2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation. For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none Addison.

Related words: (words related to NAMELY)

• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• INTRODUCTOR
  An introducer.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• VIDELICET
  To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• PREVENT
  1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow
• NAMELY
  1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. Chaucer. The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. Milton. 2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular
• SOLITARINESS
  Condition of being solitary.
• PARTICULARITY
  1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity."
• PARTICULARLY
  1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil
• INTRODUCEMENT
  Introduction.
• PREVENTABILITY
  The quality or state of being preventable.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• PARTICULARISM
  The doctrine of particular election. (more info) 1. A minute description; a detailed statement.
• INTRODUCTRESS
  A female introducer.
• INTRODUCTORY
  Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.
• MARRIAGEABILITY
  The quality or state of being marriageable.
• MARRIAGE
  1. The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony. Marriage is honorable in all. Heb. xiii. 4. 2. The marriage vow or contract. Chaucer. 3. A feast made on
• INTRODUCE
  1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room. 2. To put ; to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe. 3. To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• UNMENTIONABLES
  The breeches; trousers.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.