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: A Fairy Story, 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^[1]:

     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^[2]:

     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
• Finnish: avoimesti (fi), julkisesti (fi)
• French: ouvertement (fr)
• Galician: abertamente (gl)
• German: offen (de), öffentlich (de)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰 (swikunþaba)
• Greek:

  Ancient: φανερῶς (phanerôs)

• Hindi: खुलेआम (khuleām)
• Hungarian: nyíltan (hu)

• Irish: os ard
• Latin: cōram, apertē (la)
• Macedonian: отворено (otvoreno)
• Maori: tamitami
• Polish: otwarcie (pl), jawnie (pl)
• Portuguese: abertamente (pt)
• Sanskrit: प्रकटम् (sa) (prakaṭam)
• Russian: откры́то (ru) (otkrýto), я́вно (ru) (jávno), открове́нно (ru) (otkrovénno)
• Spanish: abiertamente (es), sin tapujos, con luz y taquígrafos
• Swedish: öppet (sv)

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• poleyn, pyelon