namelyadv.1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly.(Chaucer.)The solitariness of man . . . God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. (Milton.)2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.()For the excellency of the soul, namely, its power of divining dreams; that several such divinations have been made, none can question. (Addison.)