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were expressly
adverb
In an expressive or explicit manner.
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They were expressly handmade.
Cameras were expressly forbidden.
And women … were expressly excluded from the right to vote.
These exceptions were expressly envisaged by the Code of Conduct ….
All the early colleges were expressly designed for the benefit of the secular clergy.
Contraception and divorce were expressly banned – and women were told to stay at home.
Their goals were expressly political: to incite discussion about the plague and thus change government policy.
Wenders's own films, especially "Kings of the Road," were expressly cinephilic.
They were expressly built to blossom and fade, over time, on the body.
The meetings were conducted in secret; members of the press and the public were expressly unwelcome.
All existing state exemptions were expressly excluded from the aforesaid valuation and enumeration.
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