adv. Obs. [f. prec. + -LY2.] Statedly, avowedly; explicitly, expressly.
a. 1555. Ridley, Wks., 137. Other words, which the same writer hath expressedly in other places.
1558. Knox, First Blast (Arb.), 33. Here expressedly is a man apointed to be chosen king.
1609. J. Raynolds, Agst. Bellarmine (1610), 46. Whether expressedly, or implyedly.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., I. v. 17–8. This is … detractory unto the intellect, and sense of man expressedly disposed for that inquisition.
