"openly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈoʊpənli/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-openly.ogg [US] Forms: more openly [comparative], most openly [superlative]
Etymology: open + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|open|ly}} open + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} openly (comparative more openly, superlative most openly)
  1. In an open manner; visibly. Synonyms: obviously Related terms: in the open, out Translations (in an open manner, visibly, not covertly): φανερῶς (phanerôs) (Ancient Greek), откровено (otkroveno) (Bulgarian), obertament (Catalan), otse (Estonian), avoimesti (Finnish), julkisesti (Finnish), ouvertement (French), abertamente (Galician), offen (German), öffentlich (German), 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰 (swikunþaba) (Gothic), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (andaugiba) (Gothic), खुलेआम (khuleām) (Hindi), nyíltan (Hungarian), os ard (Irish), apertamente (Italian), in modo aperto (Italian), cōram (Latin), apertē (Latin), отворено (otvoreno) (Macedonian), tamitami (Maori), otwarcie (Polish), jawnie (Polish), abertamente (Portuguese), deschis (Romanian), откры́то (otkrýto) (Russian), я́вно (jávno) (Russian), открове́нно (otkrovénno) (Russian), प्रकटम् (prakaṭam) (Sanskrit), abiertamente (Spanish), sin tapujos (Spanish), con luz y taquígrafos (Spanish), öppet (Swedish), açıkça (Turkish), відкри́то (vidkrýto) (Ukrainian), відве́рто (vidvérto) (Ukrainian)

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