Explore Openly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
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Openly meaning
In an open manner; visibly.
Using Openly
- The main meaning on this page is: In an open manner; visibly.
- In the example corpus, openly often appears in combinations such as: openly gay, openly about, first openly.
Context around Openly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Openly
- In this selection, "openly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, communicate, concerns, gay, transgender and conservative stand out and add context to how "openly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include agents working openly can be, aliens and openly violates federal and openly gay. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "openly" sits close to words such as mohammed, cryptocurrency and discussing, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with openly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Communicate Openly: Schedule a meeting with your boss to discuss their concerns openly. (13 words)
After Nasser had been told openly to lose interest in the property, he went back abroad. (16 words)
But they knew they couldn’t openly challenge the idea of democracy, or openly embrace violent authoritarians. (17 words)
In 2005, Eli Cohen became the first openly gay rabbi ordained by the Jewish Renewal Movement, followed by Chaya Gusfield and Rabbi Lori Klein in 2006, who became the two first openly lesbian rabbis ordained by the Jewish Renewal movement. (40 words)
Four non-incumbent openly LGB candidates running for U.S. House seats — Sharice Davids, Chris Pappas, Katie Hill and Angie Craig — also won, resulting in an expected net gain of two openly LGB lawmakers in the next Congress. (38 words)
And Lorette pointed out that even where other bylaws do not apply, a big part of decriminalization should involve officers speaking with people openly using controlled substances to provide them with information about local supports. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Communicate Openly: Schedule a meeting with your boss to discuss their concerns openly.
Sarah McBride makes history as first openly transgender state senator in nationThe win makes McBride the highest-ranking openly transgender official in the country.
But they knew they couldn’t openly challenge the idea of democracy, or openly embrace violent authoritarians.
I was most moved by the fact that the carriers of the lead banner were an openly gay vice mayor and an openly gay state representative.
News Corp's monopoly removes the discipline of competition, freeing an openly conservative media to be, well, more openly conservative.
She's openly critical of her father, and at various points, she openly references her daddy issues.
Four non-incumbent openly LGB candidates running for U.S. House seats — Sharice Davids, Chris Pappas, Katie Hill and Angie Craig — also won, resulting in an expected net gain of two openly LGB lawmakers in the next Congress.
Progressive Democrats are pushing for Massachusetts to become a place that openly accepts illegal aliens, financially supports illegal aliens and openly violates federal law.
What was unexpected, though, was a stunning attack on the openly gay candidate from former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is also openly gay, Kramer reported.
An example of agents working openly can be found in Hamilton Bermuda where a Confederate agent openly worked to help blockade runners.
During Song's travels through China in 1912, he had openly and vehemently expressed the desire to limit the powers of the President in terms that often appeared openly critical of Yuan's ambitions.
Fisher openly rejected Henry as supreme head of the Church, but More was careful to avoid openly breaking the Treason Act, which (unlike later acts) did not forbid mere silence.
In 2005, Eli Cohen became the first openly gay rabbi ordained by the Jewish Renewal Movement, followed by Chaya Gusfield and Rabbi Lori Klein in 2006, who became the two first openly lesbian rabbis ordained by the Jewish Renewal movement.
Within the Anglican communion there are openly gay clergy, for example, Gene Robinson is an openly gay Bishop in the US Episcopal Church.
Actually I'm saying that the person with the whiteboard gets to make their case, but has to discuss it openly and immediately.
After Nasser had been told openly to lose interest in the property, he went back abroad.
After previous attacks on Crimea, Kyiv also wouldn't openly claim responsibility, emphasizing, however, that the country had the right to strike any target in response to Russian aggression.
Along with that, you can educate end users, the people that use avatars, that play different games, and create some pressure from that side to think more openly.
Also, they cut out Senator Rafael Luna, an openly gay senator who is Alex's inspiration in politics.
And Lorette pointed out that even where other bylaws do not apply, a big part of decriminalization should involve officers speaking with people openly using controlled substances to provide them with information about local supports.
Phrases with openly
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with openly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- openly gay 21×
- openly about 21×
- first openly 11×
- an openly 10×
- and openly 9×
- openly and 9×
- to openly 8×
- more openly 7×
- spoke openly 7×
- openly discussed 7×