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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Namely \Name"ly\, adverb
1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. [Obs.] --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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
namely
adverb: as follows [syn: {viz.}, {that is to say}, {videlicet}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "namely": as here defined, as here interpreted, especially, exempli gratia, for example, for instance, id est, in explanation, in other words, nominally, particularly, sc, scil, scilicet, specially, specifically, that is, to explain, to wit, videlicet, viz
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