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# expressly

adverb (expressly)

«expressly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Expressly means clearly and directly, so there is no doubt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#m1)
2. (formal) Expressly means specially, for one particular purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#m2)

### In the lessons

Formal rules and signs (expressly forbidden), law, and in stories when a parent clearly told a child something.

### Examples

- Smoking is expressly forbidden on school grounds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x1)
- I expressly told you not to touch the cake! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x2)
- The room was built expressly for music lessons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x3)
- The rules expressly say no phones in exams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x4)
- This book was written expressly for children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x5)
- The sign expressly warns against swimming. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x6)
- But they said that the Queen had expressly forbidden them to supply her with any, and they dared not disobey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/#x7)

### Note

Formal. Everyday: clearly, specially. Related: express (to say clearly).

## In Jewish tradition

It means that God's word came clearly and directly to the prophet.

**Interpretation.** The tradition reads this as a sign that Ezekiel received true prophecy even outside the land of Israel, in exile.

### Examples

- the word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. (Prophets EZK.1.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/expressly/#x1)

### Note

Formal. Everyday: clearly, specially. Related: express (to say clearly).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «expressly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expressly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«expressly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/expressly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «expressly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/E/expressly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«expressly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/expressly.html) on Mova free.