Definition of namely

"namely" in the adverb sense

1. namely, viz., that is to say, to wit, videlicet

as follows

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Quotations for namely

The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Death possesses a good deal of real estate, namely, the graveyard in every town. [ Hawthorne ]

The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them. [ Emerson ]

Where painting is weakest, - namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, - there music is sublimely strong. [ Mrs. Stowe ]

The most painful part of our bodily pain is that which is bodiless or immaterial, - namely, our impatience, and the delusion that it will last forever. [ Richter ]

There is in all of us an impediment to perfect happiness; namely, weariness of the things which we possess, and a desire for the things which we have not. [ Mme. de Rieux ]

There is but one law for all; namely, that law which governs all law, - the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity; the law of nature and of nations. [ Burke ]

I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. [ Sir T. F. Buxton ]

A broken heart is a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair title to a place in the bills of mortality, did it not differ in one instance from all other diseases, namely, that no physicians can cure it. [ Fielding ]

Observe or Say? While the dictionaries authorize the common use of these words, it is in better taste to restrict the employment of observe to its primitive signification; namely, to notice. Hence such an expression as, What did you observe? is objectionable, and should be, What did you say? [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

namely in Scrabble®

The word namely is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters namely:

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namely in Words With Friends™

The word namely is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters namely:

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Words within the letters of namely

2 letter words in namely (12 words)

3 letter words in namely (15 words)

5 letter words in namely (5 words)

6 letter words in namely (Anagrams) (3 words)

namely + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence namely

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