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explicit

/ɪkˈsplɪs.ɪt/ noun C2
  1. The final few words of a text.

Plural explicits

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“The postscript is explicit.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 396 · C1
“You statement has been so explicit,” said he at last, “that you have really left me very few questions to ask.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 72 · B2
“But you are not entitled to know _mine_; nor will such behaviour as this ever induce me to be explicit.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 336 · B2
Albert’s lips scarcely whispered “Good-bye,” but his look was more explicit; it expressed a whole poem of restrained anger, proud disdain, and generous indignation.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 917 · C1

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