expressly

/ɪkˈspresli/ adverb formal

Translation

CLEARLY › If you say something expressly, you say it in a clear way, so that your meaning cannot be doubted.

açıkca, açık ve net şekilde

I expressly stated that I did not want any visitors.1129

SPECIALLY › If something is expressly for a particular reason or person, it is for that reason or person only.

özel olarak, bilhassa

The picture was painted expressly for me.1911

(Definition of expressly adverb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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