Definition of "namely"
namely
adverb
not comparable
Specifically; that is to say.
Quotations
“The story of this adoption is, of course, the pivot round which all the circumstances of the mysterious tragedy revolved. Mrs. Yule had an only son, namely, William, to whom she was passionately attached ; but, like many a fond mother, she had the desire of mapping out that son's future entirely according to her own ideas. […].
1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in The Tragedy in Dartmoor Terrace
(now rare) Especially, above all.
Quotations
THus was sir Tramtryst longe there wel cherysshed / with the kynge and the quene / and namely with la beale Isoud / So vpon a daye / the quene and la beale Isoud made a bayne for syre Tramtryst / And whan he was in his bayne / the quene and Isoud her doughter romed vp & doune in the chamber(please add an English translation of this quotation)
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII