Namely

Definition: Namely

Namely

Adverb

1. As follows.

Date "namely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Namely

Synonyms: that is to say (adv), videlicet (adv), viz. (adv). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Interpretation	Adverb: in explanation; Noun: that is to say, id est, videlicet, to wit, namely, in other words.
Speciality	Namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e.g., i.e.,videlicet, viz.; to wit.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

You see, Turkey is divided into three zones, namely, the white meat, the dark meat, and the part I always get. (The Hollywood Revue of 1929; writing credit: Al Boasberg; Robert E. Hopkins)

Now I'm 'arrestin' this entire show on three counts: one, acts of self-conscious behavior contrary to the 'Not in front of the children' Act, two, always saying 'It's so and so of the Yard' every time the fuzz arrives and, three, and this is the cruncher, offences against the 'Getting out of sketches without using a proper punchline' Act, four, namely, simply ending every bleedin' sketch by just having a policeman come in and wait a minute. (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

Don't pick on my sister, kid. Why don't you go home before someone gets hurt? Namely you (CardCaptors; writing credit: Jennifer Pertsch)

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Domain	Title
Books	A Breefe discourse, declaring and approuing the necessarie and inuiolable maintenance of the laudable customes of London : namely, of that one, whereby a reasonable partition of the goods of husbands among their wiues and children is prouided : with an an (reference) A direction for the health of magistrates and studentes Namely suche as bee in their consistent age, or neere thereunto: drawen as well out of sundry good and commendable authours, as also upon reason and faithfull experience otherwise certaynely grounded (reference) The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional works, Namely Letters, Speeches, Tracts, State Papers, memorials, Devices and All Authentic Writing Not Already Printed among His Philosophical, Literary, or Professional Works, Newly (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Georg C. Lichtenberg	To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.
Nathaniel Hawthorne	Death possesses a great deal of real estate, namely the graveyard in every town.
Plato	The greatest penalty of evildoing -- namely, to grow in to the likeness of bad me.
St. Teresa of Avila	We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Magna Carta	1215	We will entirely remove from their bailiwicks, the relations of Gerard of Athee (so that in future they shall have no bailiwick in England); namely, Engelard of Cigogne, Peter, Guy, and Andrew of Chanceaux, Guy of Cigogne, Geoffrey of Martigny with his brothers, Philip Mark with his brothers and his nephew Geoffrey, and the whole brood of the same. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	This annexation took place in the same way in which a foreign language is appropriated, namely, by translation. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	It will be composed of five judges, one appointed by each of the following Powers: namely, the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan. (reference)
Winston S. Churchill	1946	Now I come to the second danger of these two marauders which threatens the cottage, the home, and the ordinary people - namely, tyranny. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This emphasizes that the experience of pain involves a strong emotional component as well as the sensory experience, namely the intensity of the stimulus. (references)
		Infection also occurs in other parts of the United States, namely the Pacific region (Washington, Oregon, and California) and west south-central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas) region. (references)
		Recent studies have shown that greater accuracy in the diagnosis of Q fever can be achieved by looking at specific levels of classes of antibodies other than IgG, namely IgA and IgM. Combined detection of IgM and IgA in addition to IgG improves the specificity of the assays and provides better accuracy in diagnosis. (references)
Business		National Enterprises Company manufactures both office and school furniture, namely desks and chairs. (references)
		There is expansion in airline services, namely an increase in air charter operators that are entering the market. (references)
		Two companies dominate paging services in Kenya, namely Paging Services Limited (PSL) and Capital Pagers Limited. (references)
Civil Liberties	Costa Rica	These figures do not include other kinds of recognitions, namely for family reunification. (references)
	Mauritania	Among these are the Mauritanian Association for Human Rights (AMDH) and SOS-Esclaves (an antislavery NGO), which the Government claims potentially are divisive in that they appeal to specific ethnic groups, namely the southern and Black Moor communities respectively. (references)
Discrimination	Sierra Leone	The Constitution prohibits discrimination against women and provides for protection against discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity; however, residents of non-African descent, particularly the Lebanese community, face institutionalized political restrictions, namely the acquisition of citizenship. (references)
Economic History	Cape Verde	Most important foreign investors have come from Portugal and other European countries, namely Italy and Spain. (references)
	Vietnam	The Government has received substantial assistance from outside sources, namely Official Development Assistance (ODA). (references)
	Cape Verde	Joint ventures are allowed and encouraged in many sectors, namely in fisheries, the airline business and telecommunications. (references)
Human Rights	Australia	In higher courts, namely the state district or county courts and the state or territorial supreme courts, trials usually are conducted before a judge and jury. (references)
	Benin	In the previous year, the Government, namely the former Managing Director of the Office of Post and Telecommunication, denied charges of wiretapping involving former President Soglo. (references)
	Malaysia	In addition to recommending that the Government take steps to permit freedom of assembly, it calls for the Government to ratify three international human rights instruments, namely the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Political Rights; and the Convention against Torture. (references)
Minorities	Swaziland	Governmental and societal discrimination is practiced widely against nonethnic Swazis, namely white persons and persons of mixed race. (references)
Political Economy	IRELAND	However, companies located in designated industrial zones, namely the Shannon Duty Free Processing Zone (SDFPZ) and Ringaskiddy Port, receive exemptions from taxes and duties on imported inputs used in the manufacture of goods destined for non-EU countries. (references)
Trade	Sri Lanka	It concentrates on four areas, namely power, telecommunications, transport and solid waste management. (references)
Travel	Pakistan	As of July 2000, the domestic market is shared by PIA and four small private sector carriers, namely Aero-Asia, Bhoja Air Safe Air and Shaheen Air International. (references)
Worker Rights	Mauritius	With the exception of members of the "disciplined force," namely, the police and the Special Mobile Force, and persons in government services who are not public officers such as contractors, workers are free to form and join unions and to organize in all sectors, including in the export processing zone (EPZ). (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SOUL, n. A spiritual entity concerning which there hath been brave disputation. Plato held that those souls which in a previous state of existence (antedating Athens) had obtained the clearest glimpses of eternal truth entered into the bodies of persons who became philosophers. Plato himself was a philosopher. The souls that had least contemplated divine truth animated the bodies of usurpers and despots. Dionysius I, who had threatened to decapitate the broad- browed philosopher, was a usurper and a despot. Plato, doubtless, was not the first to construct a system of philosophy that could be quoted against his enemies; certainly he was not the last. "Concerning the nature of the soul," saith the renowned author of Diversiones Sanctorum, "there hath been hardly more argument than that of its place in the body. Mine own belief is that the soul hath her seat in the abdomen -- in which faith we may discern and interpret a truth hitherto unintelligible, namely that the glutton is of all men most devout. He is said in the Scripture to 'make a god of his belly' -- why, then, should he not be pious, having ever his Deity with him to freshen his faith? Who so well as he can know the might and majesty that he shrines? Truly and soberly, the soul and the stomach are one Divine Entity; and such was the belief of Promasius, who nevertheless erred in denying it immortality. He had observed that its visible and material substance failed and decayed with the rest of the body after death, but of its immaterial essence he knew nothing. This is what we call the Appetite, and it survives the wreck and reek of mortality, to be rewarded or punished in another world, according to what it hath demanded in the flesh. The Appetite whose coarse clamoring was for the unwholesome viands of the general market and the public refectory shall be cast into eternal famine, whilst that which firmly through civilly insisted on ortolans, caviare, terrapin, anchovies, pates de foie gras and all such Christian comestibles shall flesh its spiritual tooth in the souls of them forever and ever, and wreak its divine thirst upon the immortal parts of the rarest and richest wines ever quaffed here below. Such is my religious faith, though I grieve to confess that neither His Holiness the Pope nor His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury (whom I equally and profoundly revere) will assent to its dissemination."
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"Namely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Namely" is used about 2,162 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	2,162	4,039

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "namely": do-namely, law-namely.
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Language		Translations for "namely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		naamlik (viz.). (various references)

Albanian		që do të thotë, domethënë (scilicet, that is to say, to wit, videlicet). (various references)

Arabic		‏عنيت, ‏أي (any, viz, what, which), ‏أعني. (various references)

Bulgarian		а именно (scilicet, to wit). (various references)

Chinese		即 (right away, to approach, to draw near). (various references)

Czech		totiž (videlicet, viz), a to, a sice. (various references)

Danish		nemlig (viz.). (various references)

Dutch		te weten (that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz.), namelijk (that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz.), in naam (viz.). (various references)

Esperanto		nome (viz.). (various references)

Faeroese		nevniliga (viz.), tað er (that is, viz.). (various references)

Farsi		یعنی (Innuendo, Nee), بنام , باذکرنام , برای مثال . (various references)

Finnish		toisin sanoen (in other words, that is to say, to wit, videlicet). (various references)

French		� savoir. (various references)

German		nämlich (that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz, you see). (various references)

Greek		ήτοι (that is, to wit, viz). (various references)

Hebrew		לאמור (say, speak, state, tell, thus, to wit, viz.), כלומר (i.e., that is to say, to wit, viz.), �"י� ו (that is, this is), �"�"י� ו (it means, that is to say, viz.). (various references)

Hungarian		ugyanis (viz.), tudniillik (scilicet, videlicet, viz, viz.), azaz (i.e., say, that is, that is to say, to wit, viz, viz., what is to say). (various references)

Indonesian		yaitu (i.e., that is, viz), adalah (am, are, is, that is). (various references)

Italian		vale a dire (particular, scilicet, that is to say, to wit, videlicet), cioè (i.e., id est, scilicet, that is, that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		即ち (i.e., that is). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すなわち (i.e., that is), とりもなおさず (that is, which is to say). (various references)

Manx		ta shen dy ghra (videlicet, viz., wit), she shen (viz.), er ennym (specially, viz.). (various references)

Pig Latin		amelynay.(various references)

Polish		mianowicie (viz.). (various references)

Portuguese		a saber (that is to say, to wit, videlicet), nomeadamente. (various references)

Romanian		anume (certain, distinct, even, exactly, express, intentionally, nominally, special, specially, specifically, viz., with intention). (various references)

Russian		именно (just, just the, precisely, videlicet, viz). (various references)

Scottish		eadhon (to wit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		naime (videlicet, viz). (various references)

Spanish		a saber (scilicet, that is). (various references)

Swedish		nämligen (for, that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz, viz.). (various references)

Thai		กล่าวคือ. (various references)

Turkish		yani (but, sc., scil., scilicet, so, to wit, videlicet, viz), şöyle ki. (various references)

Turkmen		atly, atlaяyn (on top). (various references)

Ukranian		тобто (scilicet, to wit), а саме. (various references)

Vietnamese		l� , ấy l� . (various references)

Welsh		nid amgen (that is to say), sef (that is to say, to wit). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	enim, scilicet, utpote, videlicet. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 12, Verse 31
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai deutera omoia auth agaphseiV ton plhsion sou wV seauton meizwn toutwn allh entolh ouk estin
Latin	405	Vulgate	Secundum autem simile illi diliges proximum tuum tamquam te ipsum maius horum aliud mandatum non est
Old English	990	West Saxon	Soðlice is oðer þisen ge-lic. lufe þinnenexten swa þe sylfne. nis oðer mare be-bod.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	This is the firste maundement. And the secounde is lijk to this, Thou schalt loue thi neiybore as thi silf. Ther is noon other maundement gretter than these.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And the seconde is lyke vnto this: Thou shalt love thy neghbour as thy silfe. Ther is none other commaundement greater then these.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: there is no other commandment greater than these.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	The second is this, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself. There is no other law greater than these.
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Language	Mark Chapter 12, Verse 31
Bulgarian	А ето втората [подобна на нея] заповед: "�"а възлюбиш ближния си като себе си". �"руга заповед по-голяма от тия няма.
Cebuano	Ang ikaduha mao kini: `Higugmaa ang imong silingan sama sa imong kaugalingon.` Wala nay laing sugo nga labi pang daku niini kanila."
Chinese	其次、就是說、要愛人如己。再 �' 有 �" 這兩條誡命更大的了。
Croatian	"Druga je: Ljubi svoga bližnjega kao sebe samoga. Nema druge zapovijedi veæe od tih."
Danish	Et andet er dette: Du skal elske din Næste som dig selv. Større end disse er intet andet Bud."
Dutch	En het tweede aan dit gelijk, is dit: Gij zult uw naaste liefhebben als uzelven. Er is geen ander gebod, groter dan deze.
Finnish	Toinen on tämä: `Rakasta lähimmäistäsi niinkuin itseäsi`. Ei ole mitään käskyä, suurempaa kuin nämä."
French	Voici le second: Tu aimeras ton prochain comme toi-même. Il n`y a pas d`autre commandement plus grand que ceux-l� .
Gaelic	Agus tha an darna fainte coltach rithe : Bheir thu gaol dhad choimhearsnach mar dhut fhein. Nas mua na iad so chan eil fainte eile ann.
German	Und das andere ist ihm gleich: "Du sollst deinen Nächsten lieben wie dich selbst." Es ist kein anderes Gebot größer denn diese.
Haitian Creole	Men dezyèm kòmandman an: Se pou ou renmen frè parèy ou tankou ou renmen pwòp tèt pa ou. Pa gen lòt kòmandman ki pi konsekan pase sa yo.
Hungarian	A második pedig hasonlatos ehhez: Szeresd felebarátodat, mint magadat. Nincs más ezeknél nagyobb parancsolat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Perintah kedua ialah: 'Cintailah sesamamu, seperti engkau mencintai dirimu sendiri.' Tidak ada lagi perintah lain yang lebih penting dari kedua perintah itu."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan yang kedua inilah: Hendaklah engkau mengasihi sesamamu manusia seperti dirimu sendiri. Maka tiadalah hukum lain, yang lebih besar daripada kedua hukum ini."
Italian	E il secondo è questo: Amerai il prossimo tuo come te stesso. Non c'è altro comandamento più importante di questi».
Korean	둘 째 �" 이 것 이 니 네 이 웃 을 네 몸 과 같 이 사 랑 하 라 하 � 것 이 라 이 에 서 �" 큰 계 명 이 없 느 니 라'
Latvian	Bet otrs ir ðim lîdzîgs: tev bûs mîlçt savu tuvâko kâ sevi paðu. Cita bauðïa, lielâka par ðo, vairs nav. (3.Moz.19,18; Mt.22,39; Rom.13,9; Gal.5,14; Jçk.2,8)
Maori	Ko te tuarua tenei, Kia aroha koe ki tou hoa tata, ano ko koe. Kahore he ture ke atu e rahi ake ana i enei.
Modern Greek	Και δευτερα ομοια, αυτη· Θελεις αγαπα τον πλησιον σου ως σεαυτον. Μεγαλητερα τουτων αλλη εντολη δεν ειναι.
Norwegian	Det annet, som er like så stort, er dette: Du skal elske din næste som dig selv. Større enn disse er intet annet bud.
Portuguese	E o segundo é este: Amarás ao teu próximo como a ti mesmo. Não há outro mandamento maior do que esses.
Rumanian	Iar a doua este urmqtoarea: ,Sq iubewti pe aproapele tqu ca pe tine knsuyi.` Nu este altq poruncq mai mare deckt acestea.``
Russian	чФПТБС � П�"П�'ОБС ЕК: ЧПЪМА�'Й �'МЙЦОЕЗП ФЧПЕЗП, ЛБЛ УБНПЗП УЕ�'С. йОПК �'ПМШЫЕК УЙИ ЪБ� ПЧЕ�"Й ОЕФ.
Shuar	Nuyasha chikichcha awai, "ame ayashim aneamna Tímiatrusmek ame írutramurmesha aneeta." Chíkich nu nankaamas pénker akupkamu atsawai' Tímiayi.
Spanish	El segundo es éste: Amarás a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. No hay otro mandamiento mayor que estos dos.
Swahili	Na ya pili ndiyo hii: `Mpende jirani yako kama unavyojipenda mwenyewe.` Hakuna amri nyingine iliyo kuu kuliko hizi."
Swedish	Därnäst kommer detta: 'Du skall älska din nästa såsom dig själv.' Intet annat bud är större än dessa."
Thai	และพระบัญญัติที่สองนั้นก็เป็นเช่นกันคือ `จงรักเพื่อนบ้านเหมือนรักตนเอง' พระบัญญัติอื่นที่ใหญ่กว่าพระบัญญัติทั้งสองนี้ไม่มี"
Ukrainian	А друга однакова з нею: Люби свого ближнього, як самого себе! Нема іншої більшої заповіді над оці!
Uma	Pai' tohe'i-mi parenta karonyala-na: `Kana tapoka'ahi' doo-ta hewa pompoka'ahi' -ta woto-ta moto.' Uma ria parenta ntani' -na to meliu kabohe-na ngkai to ronyala tohe'i."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings
	"Namely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anely, Annseley, damely, Hamelyn, namesy, namly, napely, Nateby, Nemery, nipely, noely, nonely, Nunley, samely. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "namely" (pronounced nā"mlē)
4	-ā" m l ē	gamely, lamely.
3	-m l ē	awesomely, calmly, comely, dimly, extremely, firmly, glumly, grimly, handsomely, homely, primly, randomly, solemnly, superfamily, timely, uniformly, unseemly, untimely, warmly.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: laymen, meanly.
	Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-n-y"
	-1 letter: leman, manly, mealy, meany, yamen.
	-2 letters: alme, amen, amyl, elan, elmy, lame, lane, lean, male, mane, many, meal, mean, myna, name, nema, yean, ylem.
	-3 letters: ale, ane, any, aye, elm, lam, lay, lea, ley, lye, mae, man, may, mel, men, nae, nam, nay, yam, yea, yen.
	-4 letters: ae, al, am, an, ay, el, em, en, la, ma, me, my, na, ne, ya, ye.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-n-y"
	+1 letter: amylene, hymenal.
	+2 letters: amenably, amylenes, amylogen, cyclamen, humanely, hymeneal, hymenial, lambency, laywomen, maidenly, mannerly, medianly, menially, mentally, mesnalty, mycelian, seamanly, tallymen, yeomanly.
	+3 letters: amplidyne, amylogens, animately, clergyman, cyclamens, embryonal, geminally, germanely, hymeneals, lambently, liveryman, manslayer, meaningly, mentality, millenary, minelayer, monolayer, mundanely, myoneural, numerally, polyamine, salarymen, seminally.
	+4 letters: alimentary, amplidynes, anemically, aneurysmal, animatedly, cavalrymen, elementary, emblazonry, germinally, handsomely, hymeneally, immanently, inhumanely, intimately, lamentably, lamentedly, lampoonery, laundrymen, manageably, manifestly, manslayers, maternally, melancholy, melanocyte, menacingly, minelayers, mineralogy, miscellany, mistakenly, monetarily, monolayers, myelinated, namelessly, nematology, polyamines, terminably, terminally, unmannerly.
	+5 letters: amblygonite, amenability, amylopectin, assemblyman, assemblymen, bimillenary, clergywoman, collenchyma, commendably, commensally, complacency, deliveryman, demandingly, demonically, denumerably, elementally, embracingly, emotionally, endemically, enzymically, filamentary, flamboyance, gentlemanly, hematoxylin, impatiently, impregnably, inanimately, inestimably, innumerably, interfamily, maddeningly, masculinely, medicinally, melanocytes, mercenarily, mesenchymal, metanalyses, metanalysis, methylamine, methylating, methylation, metonymical, misanalyses, misshapenly, momentarily, multiagency, myofilament, normatively, numerically, parenchymal, permanently, preliminary, salmonberry, screamingly, segmentally, semitonally, statesmanly, unashamedly, unmemorably.
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