"publicly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈpʌblɪkli/ Audio: En-us-publicly.ogg [US] Forms: more publicly [comparative], most publicly [superlative]
Etymology: From public + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|public|ly}} public + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} publicly (comparative more publicly, superlative most publicly)
  1. In public, openly, in an open and public manner. Translations (in an open and public manner — see also in public): عَلَانِيَةً (ʕalāniyatan) (Arabic), عَلَنًا (ʕalanan) (Arabic), открито (otkrito) (Bulgarian), публично (publično) (Bulgarian), públicament (Catalan), 公開地 (Chinese Mandarin), 公开地 (gōngkāi de) (Chinese Mandarin), yn poblek (Cornish), veřejně (Czech), julkisesti (Finnish), publiquement (French), publicamente (Galician), सरेआम (sareām) (Hindi), खुलेआम (khuleām) (Hindi), os ard (Irish), pubblicamente (Italian), pūblicē (Latin), cōram (Latin), publyiquement (Norman), publicament (Occitan), openlīċe (Old English), publicznie (Polish), publicamente (Portuguese), обще́ственно (obščéstvenno) (Russian), публи́чно (publíčno) (Russian), при всех (pri vsex) (Russian), gu poblach (Scottish Gaelic), públicamente (Spanish), publikt (Swedish), offentligt (Swedish), eṅkaucar (Tocharian B), публі́чно (publíčno) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-publicly-en-adv-aG9LyNKR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'in an open and public manner — see also in public': 86 14
  2. By, for, or on behalf of the public.
    Sense id: en-publicly-en-adv-nsa4K-xU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: publically (english: fairly rare), publickly [obsolete], publictly (english: from code switching with Scots) [Scotland, rare], publiquely [obsolete] Derived forms: publicly held

Alternative forms

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      "word": "عَلَانِيَةً"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in an open and public manner — see also in public",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "in an open and public manner — see also in public",
      "word": "publicamente"
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      "sense": "in an open and public manner — see also in public",
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      "word": "publikt"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "offentligt"
    },
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      "code": "txb",
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      "sense": "in an open and public manner — see also in public",
      "word": "eṅkaucar"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "publíčno",
      "sense": "in an open and public manner — see also in public",
      "word": "публі́чно"
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}

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