Name"ly , adv. 1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. [Obs.] 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 &?;an question.
Addison.
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