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Synonyms for openly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : oh-puh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pən |
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Définition of openly
Origin :- Old English openlice "manifestly, plainly, clearly, unreservedly;" see open (adj.) + -ly (2).
- adv honestly
- 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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