There are two ways to slide easily through life: namely, to believe everything, or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking. From LearnThat.org. [Alfred Korzybski]
Mike Ion asks an interesting question, namely is the time right for the UK to join the Euro?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
It carried with it another innovation of Canadian origin – namely, a mobile acetylene gas plant. From Wordnik.com. [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference
When our ship comes in – namely, that money which Richard Brithwood will not pay, and John Halifax will not go to law to make him. From Wordnik.com. [John Halifax, Gentleman] Reference
In this way "he certainly is relatively free, namely from the immediate compulsion of objects that are present through intuition" (31). From Wordnik.com. [The Melancholic Gift: Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and Fiction] Reference
The most absurd cases I have heard of here are those where a lawyer has a personal interest in the outcome (namely is a parent to thechild). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » An Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen] Reference
The reasoning here is the same as in Greek, and, derivatively, in English, namely the resemblance of a delta region to a cartographical triangle. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
This termination belongs to another language, the Greek +-ismos+, and is derived from a verbal ending which cannot be expressed in Latin, namely -- +izein+. From Wordnik.com. [History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology] Reference
The damage which the disease-producing microorganisms cause, namely, is conditioned by the poisons which these organisms produce and which are distributed by the body fluids. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1908 - Presentation Speech] Reference
I appreciate all the people who want a "quicker answer" but I guess I want to write the kind of wine reviews that would help me in a store, namely is this wine worth what it costs, and is it a good example of its type. From Wordnik.com. [What Wine Rating System Do You Want Me to Use?] Reference
I have declared 2 contentplaceholders in tag namely cpMetaKeywords and cpMetaDescription. From Wordnik.com. [ASP.NET Forums] Reference
And namely, that is, why was he treating Tiger at his home in Florida when athletes were known to be coming to Dr. Galea's clinic in Toronto. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 18, 2009] Reference
Rajah & Tann on behalf of the studios file a four writs which is written order issued by a court namely namely Showgate, Geneon Entertainment, TV Tokyo, GDH and Sunrise. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
He reminds us that we see only a part of God's creation, that part, namely, which is nearest to ourselves, and, for that reason, makes the largest demand on our sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
The latter had taught that the "active intellect" is something physically distinct from the individual soul; an intelligence, namely, that is, somehow, common to all men. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference
When as, namely, that is, is used to introduce an example or enumeration, a semicolon is put before it and a comma after it; as, The night was cold; that is, for the time of year. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Or how about a piece from "Ian's Delightful Early 80's Mix," namely "Stray Cat Strut"?. From Wordnik.com. [I'll remember you this way] Reference
Plus: Joel Stein reveals that not long ago, he was close to realizing a "lifelong dream," namely "owning a home urinal.". From Wordnik.com. [Today's Columns: Poverty vs. Celebrity] Reference
"Tully writes that the laws recognize eight kinds of punishment": namely, "death," whereby man is deprived of life; "stripes,". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
He recognizes that such provisions would have to do something "genuinely extraordinary," namely, "contemplate the circumstances of their own violation.". From Wordnik.com. [The Home-Front Battle Heats Up] Reference
I first heard this adage in Yiddish namely. From Wordnik.com. [Israpundit] Reference
We have sought to express this relation by inserting a "namely" after the summary statement. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
Revised Version has accurately substituted for 'tabernacle of the congregation,' namely 'tent of meeting.'. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV] Reference
"Academie francaise", namely, "L'Office de la langue francaise", which tries to 'correct' the general population on usage. From Wordnik.com. [StrategyPage.com] Reference
But if she were guilty, then she would be cursed with "bitter suffering;" namely, "she will have barrenness and a miscarrying womb.". From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Bereshit is divided, as already noted in the Tiqqune Zohar, to two words: "Bara - Shith", namely "created six" (shith is in Aramaic "six"). From Wordnik.com. [Israelated - English Israel blogs] Reference
Certain Jews who had been "set over the affairs of the province of Babylonia", namely, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego", refused to adore the idol. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
By so doing he has helped Israel to see the whole situation in the proper light, so that he finally says: 'im ken, ie., "if so," namely: "if that be the case.". From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1] Reference
This rather lengthy post discusses the first two aspects of misbehaviour stated above, namely, meaning of data and rules of science, and as I said, is a must-read. From Wordnik.com. [Entertaining Research] Reference
It must, therefore, have an anticipatory reference to the mystical Babylon. which -- Greek, "the which," namely, "the city which." spiritually -- in a spiritual sense. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
In response to this request, Gregory granted her (17 September, 1228) the "privilege of most high poverty", namely, "ut recipere possessiones a nullo compelli possitis". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
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