Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

explicitly

/ɪksplˈɪsətli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
ex-plic-it-ly
IPA
/ɪksplˈɪsətli/
24
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an explicit manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English explicit Middle English -ly English -ly English explicitly From explicit + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more explicitly (comparative) most explicitly (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

bluntly explicit

Synonyms

expressly unambiguously clearly directly downrightly explicitly expressis verbis patently plainly specifically unequivocally univocally

Antonyms

implicitly ambiguously equivocally vaguely

Rhymes With

implicitly

Questions

How do you pronounce explicitly?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪksplˈɪsətli/.
What does explicitly mean?
In an explicit manner.
Where does explicitly come from?
Etymology tree English explicit Middle English -ly English -ly English explicitly From explicit + -ly.

How to pronounce explicitly

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