explicitly
adverb
ex·plic·it·ly
ik-ˈspli-sət-lē 
: in an explicit manner : clearly and without any vagueness or ambiguity
We were explicitly warned about what could happen.
The map shows explicitly where the fire alarms are located.
… did not know about the ferrying of weapons to the rebels, an activity explicitly forbidden by Congress.—
Neil A. Lewis
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If a person had explicitly told AGI to generate the subliminal messages, the AGI would be in the free and clear, assuming the stimuli abide by the user’s request.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Project 2025, the conservative playbook, even explicitly calls to delist the grizzly bear.
—Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Even most homeopathic practitioners support vaccination, and Faculty of Homeopathy explicitly recommends vaccines as first-line protection.
—Tim Ryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
The report arrives just weeks after reports of Meta AI app users unknowingly making their private chats public; Meta later added a prompt to warn people more explicitly.
—PC Magazine, 4 July 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Project 2025, the conservative playbook, even explicitly calls to delist the grizzly bear.
—Christine Peterson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
Even most homeopathic practitioners support vaccination, and Faculty of Homeopathy explicitly recommends vaccines as first-line protection.
—Tim Ryan, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
The report arrives just weeks after reports of Meta AI app users unknowingly making their private chats public; Meta later added a prompt to warn people more explicitly.
—PC Magazine, 4 July 2025
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“Explicitly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explicitly. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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