TOP

Definition of openly adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

openly

adverb
 
 
/ˈəʊpənli/
 
/ˈəʊpənli/
jump to other results
  1. without hiding any feelings, opinions or information
    • Can you talk openly about sex with your parents?
    • The men in prison would never cry openly (= so that other people could see).
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOpenly is used with these adjectives:
    • abusive
    • aggressive
    • contemptuous
    • …
    See full entry
    Word OriginOld English openlīce (see open, -ly).
See openly in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee openly in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
Check pronunciation: openly

Nearby words

aspiration
noun
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 5000
C1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day