Dictionary entry

Openly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

O″pen‐ly, adv. [AS. openlice.] 1. In an open manner; publicly; not in private; without secrecy.

How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the gospel by our ungodliness! Tillotson.

2. Without reserve or disguise; plainly; evidently.

My love... shall show itself more openly. Shak.