openly

English

Etymology

open +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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

openly (comparative more openly, superlative most openly)

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:
  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.

Translations

in an open manner, visibly, not covertly

Catalan: obertament
Finnish: avoimesti (fi), julkisesti (fi)
French: ouvertement (fr)
Galician: abertamente (gl)
German: offen (de), öffentlich (de)
Greek:
Ancient: φανερῶς (phanerôs)
Hindi: खुलेआम (khuleām)
Hungarian: nyíltan (hu)

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

Anagrams

poleyn, pyelon

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