explicit adjective
clear and exact
Sheila shouldn't get lost because I gave her very explicit (=clearly
expressed) directions
how to get here.
She was very explicit about (=said very clearly and exactly)
what she thought was
wrong with the plans.
Some people think that magazines with sexually explicit pictures
(=pictures showing
clear and full details of sexual activity) should not be on public
display.
explicitly adverb
I told you quite explicitly (=clearly) to be home by midnight.
explicitness noun [U]
Thanks to the explicitness (=clearness) of your instructions,
we found our way easily.
The film has been banned because of its sexual explicitness (=the
details of sexual
activity that it contains).