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. Alex Morse:

   Growing up gay and closeted in a small city like Holyoke, I struggled with accepting my sexuality, and in high school, I had a hard time finding other openly gay students, as I've become more comfortable with Alex Morse and my sexuality, like any young, single, openly gay man, I have had consensual adult relationships, including some with college students.

2. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.

3. Vipin Narang:

   It is Japan that is most threatened, and probably the primary target of such a capability, so openly acknowledging it underscores Tokyo's acute fears that North Korea's nuclear program continues to grow unabated with no foreseeable plan to slow its growth, let alone eliminate them.

4. Jainesh Khandelwal:

   Let this covid vaccine be very first administered to highly rich people e.g top politicians, ministers, business tycoons etc as they are openly flouting the rules like not wearing masks in gatherings,rally and never maintaining social distancing

5. Ryan Lizza:

   I think the media has struggled to cover the dark side of the Trump phenomenon because political reporters do not have experience covering a major political figure who is both openly racist and -- let's be honest -- an extremely entertaining politician.

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