namely

adverb

/ˈneɪm.li/

Definition

C1 used when you want to give more detail or be more exact about something you have just said: We need to get more teachers into the classrooms where they're most needed, namely in high poverty areas. I learned an important lesson when I lost my job, namely that nothing is a hundred percent guaranteed.Particular and individual

(Definition of namely adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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