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Definition of overt adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

overt

adjective

NAmE//oʊˈvərt//

, NAmE//ˈoʊvərt//

[usually before noun] (formal)

done in an open way and not secretly There was little overt support for the project. compare covert

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overtly

adverb overtly political activitiesSee overt in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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