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.
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