Definitions for Openly
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. openlyadverb

   in an open way

   "he openly flaunted his affection for his sister"

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1. openlyadverb

   in an open manner, visibly, not covertly

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Openlyadverb

   Etymology: from open.

   1. Publickly; not secretly; in sight; not obscurely.

   Their actions always spoken of with great honour, are now called openly into question. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   Prayers are faulty, not whensoever they be openly made, but when hypocrisy is the cause of open praying. Richard Hooker.

   Why should you have put me to deny
   This claim which now you wear so openly. William Shakespeare.

   I knew the time,
   Now full, that I no more should live obscure,
   But openly begin, as best becomes
   The authority which I deriv’d from heav’n. Par. Reg.

   How grosly and openly do many of us contradict the plain precepts of the gospel, by our ungodliness and worldly lusts. John Tillotson, Serm. 5.

   We express our thanks by openly owning our parentage, and paying our common devotions to God on this day’s solemnity. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   2. Plainly; apparently; evidently; without disguise.

   Darah
   Too openly does love and hatred show:
   A bounteous master, but a deadly foe. Dryden.

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1. openly

   Openly refers to behaving in a way that doesn't hide one's actions, intentions, thoughts, or feelings, and is transparent and unashamed. It implies a lack of secrecy or deceit, as well as a willingness to be open to public scrutiny.

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1. openlyadverb

   In an open manner.

   They were discussing their lives openly at the table together and resolved so much by just looking into each others eyes and seeing the truth.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 31, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Openly' in Adverbs Frequency: #391

Anagrams for Openly »

1. poleyn

2. onlepy

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Openly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Openly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Openly in a Sentence

1. Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez:

   Political asylum is not granted to military officers or deserters who openly called in video for a coup d'état against President Maduro.

2. State Attorney General Maura Healey:

   The gun industry has openly defied our laws here in Massachusetts for nearly two decades, that ends today. We have a moral and legal responsibility to ensure that combat-style weapons are off our streets and out of the hands of those who would use them to kill innocent people, she said. Increasingly, these guns are the weapon of choice for mass shooters, and we will do everything we can to prevent the kinds of tragedies here that have occurred in places like Orlando, San Bernardino, Newtown and Aurora.

3. Geoffrey Pyatt:

   Rather than supporting Ukraine's reforms and working to root out corruption, corrupt actors within the prosecutor general's office are making things worse by openly and aggressively undermining reform.

4. Bernd Osterloh:

   We need in future a climate in which problems aren't hidden but can be openly communicated to superiors, we need a culture in which it's possible and permissible to argue with your superior about the best way to go.

5. Alex Capri:

   No Chinese company can openly challenge the Chinese Communist Party and expect leniency, [Didi] is too big and too powerful for its own good and its has already crossed a threshold with China's leadership.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Openly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Openly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Openly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com