openly

openly

English

Etymology

open +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊpənli/

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Adverb

openly (comparative more openly, superlative most openly)

1. In an open manner, visibly, not covertly.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 1, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer;

   • 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.

   • 2017 January 20, Donald Trump, “The Inaugural Address”, in The White House‎, archived from the original on 28 March 2020, retrieved 2 July 2019:

     We must speak our minds openly, debate our disagreements honestly, but always pursue solidarity.

Synonyms

• clearly, evidently, plainly; see also Thesaurus:obviously

Translations

in an open manner, visibly, not covertly

Bulgarian: откровено (bg) (otkroveno) Catalan: obertament Estonian: otse Finnish: avoimesti (fi), julkisesti (fi) French: ouvertement (fr) Galician: abertamente (gl) German: offen (de), öffentlich (de) Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰 (swikunþaba), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (andaugiba) Greek: Ancient: φανερῶς (phanerôs) Hindi: खुलेआम (khuleām) Hungarian: nyíltan (hu) Irish: os ard Italian: apertamente (it), in modo aperto Latin: cōram, apertē (la) Macedonian: отворено (otvoreno) Maori: tamitami Polish: otwarcie (pl), jawnie (pl) Portuguese: abertamente (pt) Sanskrit: प्रकटम् (sa) (prakaṭam) Romanian: deschis (ro) Russian: откры́то (ru) (otkrýto), я́вно (ru) (jávno), открове́нно (ru) (otkrovénno) Spanish: abiertamente (es), sin tapujos, con luz y taquígrafos Swedish: öppet (sv) Turkish: açıkça (tr)

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• poleyn, pyelon