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Grammar : Adv

Spell : oh-puh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pən

Definition of openly

Origin : Old English openlice "manifestly, plainly, clearly, unreservedly;" see open (adj.) + -ly (2).

adv honestly

Example sentences :

Hamlet lets out inadvertently that he was fat, but he will not say so openly.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

It was the first time in his life he had ever been openly defied.
Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston

She was an audacious woman, and openly looked compassionately at me.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Miss Wilmot expressed her feelings on the subject almost as openly.
Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte

Every appetite is openly displayed, it's a most disgusting sight!
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Negro slaves were openly advertised for sale in the London and Liverpool newspapers.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

The Mercutians were no cowards, but death stared them openly in the face.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

The legal right of the husband to beat his wife was openly recognised.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

She is forbidden to carry on openly any business, and her parents must not even be shopkeepers!
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

When I have anything to say about his conduct, I say it openly, and there is an end of it.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans

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