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Example sentences for "namely"

Lexicographically close words:
name; nameable; named; nameless; namelie; namentlich; names; namesake; namesakes; nameth
  1. The chance came from another and an unexpected direction, namely that of diplomacy.

  2. One gleam of sunshine alone brightened the horizon of the bankrupt nation, namely the news of Napoleon’s landing.

  3. In addition he was determined that Austria should surrender what he doubtless considered her ill-gotten gains, namely those parts of Italy which the French had lost.

  4. Some of the old furniture is left, namely the Chippendale sofa on which the future Emperor was born, his mother’s spinet, and his father’s desk.

  5. The further the drawing process is pushed, the more perfectly will its object be accomplished; namely the parallelism of the filaments.

  6. Upon the other ends of these shafts, namely at the end of the spinning-mill, represented in fig.

  7. The breadth of this machine is about 3 feet as the lap formed is prepared for the usual breadth of the breaker cards, namely 3 feet.

  8. This is done by baking on earthen moulds all such pieces as can be treated in this way, namely plates, saucers, &c.

  9. A picturesque custom is this, which illustrates two ancient and universal beliefs, namely that all disease is spirit-caused and that the holy book is charm-laden.

  10. One of the most curious features of the disturbances was the difference of feeling exhibited by the two classes of mill-operatives, namely the Ghatis and the Malwanis.

  11. But upon these and other difficulties, he touched optimistically, as though confident that under the right treatment, namely his treatment, all would soon yield.

  12. He infers from the following considerations, that Gypsies are of the lowest class of Indians, namely Pariars, or as they are called in Hindostan, Suders.

  13. It contains nothing of much interest except a "temple of horrors," as Europeans usually designate such places, namely a roomful of clay images representing the tortures applied to sinners in the Buddhist "hells.

  14. And now I stood before her, freed from that sleepwalking dulness of will, eager to know the whole truth, and declared myself ready to do all that in me lay to attain one thing alone, namely to rescue my brother.

  15. Other smaller welles were many neare vnto Clarkes well, namely Skinners well, so called for that the Skinners of London held there certaine playes yearely playd of holy Scripture, &c.

  16. The fifth, namely the Sphere, already comes from matter and form, and is in time and place.

  17. With those who never see light at all, namely the masses of the people, we have nothing to do in this book.

  18. For the purpose of comparison, all observations should be based on gas reduced to the standard conditions of temperature and pressure, namely 32 degrees Fahrenheit and 14.

  19. It is likewise ordered that the house of Allen shall be allowed to be one of the two houses, and namely for the house to be allowed in Middlesex.

  20. We found some shellfish, namely limpets, periwinkles, and abundance of small oysters, growing on the rocks, which were very sweet.

  21. Here are also all the three sorts of mangrove trees, namely the red, the white, and the black, which I have described.

  22. These vend among them a few European commodities, and take of their principal manufactures, namely striped cotton cloth which they carry with them to Brazil.

  23. The second part, namely that America and Asia cannot be one continent, may thus be prooued, [Greek: kata taen taes gaes koilotaeta rhei kai ton potamon to plaethos.

  24. Now, while Spencer was probably right in saying that fertilisation promotes change, we cannot think that he succeeded in finding what he was seeking, namely a primary physiological reason why sexual reproduction should occur.

  25. But there is one practical suggestion to which we must refer, namely Spencer's contribution to the population question.

  26. In the chapter "Adaptation" Spencer practically restricted his attention to a certain kind of adaptation, namely the direct modifications which result from use or disuse, or from environmental influence.

  27. Spencer made his position stronger by adducing what he calls negative evidence, namely those "cases in which traits otherwise inexplicable are explained if the structural effects of use and disuse are transmitted.

  28. The tablets to which I have hitherto alluded all refer, with the doubtful exception of the first and last, to one rank of medical military men, namely the surgeons of cohorts (Medici Cohortum).

  29. The typical fossils unearthed in these deposits are shells of species now living in both the Caspian and the Aral, though in the shallow parts of both seas only, namely (according to Ivan V.

  30. Here may be placed the two African spotted palm-civets of the genus Nandinia, namely N.

  31. Lake Aral, namely in the Sary-kamysh depression (the surface of which lies below the level of the Caspian) and up the Uzboi trench for 100 m.

  32. When this Karen came to me she left me no peace till I allowed her to clean the floor; for I feared that which happened, namely that the smell would cause sickness.

  33. Namely Casetta, a Spanish nobleman, who afterwards married their daughter Anna Katherine, but both he and their children died soon.

  34. But even during these temporary variations the great cause, namely the accumulation of capital, may be paving the way for permanently diminished profits.


  35. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "namely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    like; namely; nominally