Name″ly, adv. 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.