Definitions for openly
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1. openly(adverb)

   in an open way

   "he openly flaunted his affection for his sister"

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1. openly(Adverb)

   in an open manner, visibly, not covertly

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1. openly

   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

How to pronounce openly?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Al Flores:

   We just felt that knowing our customers, allowing someone to walk in openly carrying a weapon, it would make them feel a little uncomfortable.

2. Anuj Somany:

   Better to be praised secretly by just one person who is the best in giving always openly an honest opinion than to be liked openly by any number of people who are good for nothing but just often make fun secretly of others.

3. Professor Freyd:

   It's the duty of faculty members to speak openly and honestly based on the extent to which they have expertise or information on a topic, our primary responsibility is to produce knowledge and to teach knowledge and that's why academic freedom is so important. If my job is to reveal the underlying truth of things and to teach that truth, if I see something that looks problematic, I speak honestly about it.

4. Anuj Somany:

   If a person talks about his own achievement without making a lot of money out of that accomplishment, then some covertly will not appreciate his point but most people are likely to openly neglect him only.

5. Shekhar Naphade:

   The deal with Mirach is over, they (Sahara lawyers) said openly in the court, now it appears Sahara is proposing to bring (in) some third party.

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