adverb

• 1Explicitly; clearly.

  ‘she was expressly forbidden to use the stove’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Large quantities of alcohol, including kegs, beer balls, etc. are expressly prohibited.’
  • ‘In contrast, the Florida Constitution spells the point out expressly.’
  • ‘Lord Fraser of Tullybelton delivered a concurring speech without expressly addressing future conduct.’
  • ‘An intention to override such rights must be expressly stated or appear by necessary implication.’
  • ‘However, such victimisation is expressly forbidden by German industrial law.’
  • ‘The Philippine Constitution expressly forbids foreign troops from fighting on Philippine soil.’
  • ‘Moreover, he expressly guarantees to leave filibusters of legislation alone.’
  • ‘First, the court found the tax is a gross receipts tax which is expressly prohibited by that section.’
  • ‘Indeed, the report of the Maori Affairs Committee states expressly that neither of them owns the service.’
  • ‘It remains open for Parliament to expressly repeal the Act.’
  • ‘One policy matter not expressly covered in the final contract was the question of releasing information to the public.’
  • ‘That rule expressly requires the Court to consider all the circumstances.’
  • ‘Dewald expressly declared that no such immediacy in making the demand was required.’
  • ‘Any public activity that would require women to depart from this modest dress in mixed company is expressly forbidden.’
  • ‘On the other hand, the resolution expressly praised all those deputies who had voted against the war in parliament.’
  • ‘Centralized uniformity expressly forecloses such deviation, in the name of equality.’
  • ‘That is hardly surprising, since time limits on the starting of legal proceedings are expressly recognised by the Convention itself.’
  • ‘They can and do expressly stipulate what that margin is to be.’
  • ‘Congress expressly prohibited states from doing this.’
  • ‘The statute did not expressly provide for cross-examination, nor did it impose penalties such as fines and imprisonment.’

  Synonyms

  explicitly, clearly, directly, plainly, distinctly, unambiguously, unequivocally, unmistakably, obviously, absolutely

  solely, specifically, particularly, specially, especially, singularly, exclusively, purposefully, just, only, explicitly, with someone in mind, with something in mind

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  1. 1.1For a specific purpose; solely.
     ‘the house was expressly built for entertaining’
     More example sentences

     • ‘The CPA was established by the National Science Foundation expressly to study dark matter.’
     • ‘There are many homes in the national park area which were built expressly to house farm workers.’
     • ‘Two new posts were created expressly for supporters of Ashour.’
     • ‘A camel rising from a sitting position seems expressly designed to throw the novice straight back onto the ground.’
     • ‘The pleading does not expressly rely on such a premise.’
     • ‘Many people had come expressly for the purpose of seeing these deliberate, considered bookworks.’
     • ‘Meanwhile, Hollywood lies before him like a world set out expressly for him to conquer.’
     • ‘Thus the negative-pledge clause may be drafted so as to extend to them expressly.’
     • ‘They felt quite alone in their expressly political and critical form of drag artistry.’
     • ‘It provides expressly for the convictions to remain and to be brought up again the moment there is a fresh conviction.’
     • ‘The legislation would not allow federal funding for embryos created expressly for research purposes.’
     • ‘Instead of staying on, he chooses to top-edge a sweep off Anil Kumble straight to fine leg, placed expressly for that shot.’
     • ‘With these forest resources close by, people do not grow any trees expressly for fodder or fuelwood on their own cropland.’
     • ‘It was reserved expressly for the gentry of Douglas, whoever they were.’
     • ‘Expressly tailored for Murray, Johnston is a character that plays to his strengths.’
     • ‘But some theologians have recently placed the mystery in a new framework, by setting natural evil within an expressly evolutionary context.’
     • ‘The more analytical "Essays and Articles" section concludes with three essays written expressly for Critical Essays.’