overtlyadv.
/ə(ʊ)ˈvəːtli/, /ˈəʊvəːtli/, U.S. /oʊˈvərtli/ 1. Openly, manifestly, without concealment or secrecy; outwardly, publicly.
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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb]
barelyc950
beforeOE
openlyOE
nakedly?c1225
in a person's bearda1250
opelyc1275
apertly1297
commonlya1325
opena1325
overtlyc1325
pertlya1375
plainc1380
in (also on) opena1382
in apertc1384
plainlyc1390
in open (also general) audiencea1393
aperta1400
in commonaltya1400
outa1400
without laina1400
in commonc1400
publishlyc1400
pertc1410
in publicc1429
on higha1450
in pert1453
to a person's facea1470
into heightc1480
forthward?1504
but hidel?1507
publicly1534
uncolouredly1561
roundly1563
famously1570
vulgarly1602
above board1603
round1604
displayedly1611
on (also upon) the square?1611
undisguisedly1611
broadly1624
discoveredly1659
unveiledly1661
under a person's nose1670
manifestly1711
before faces1762
publically1797
overboard1834
unashamedly1905
upfront1972
c1325 in J. Small Eng. Metrical Homilies (1862) 137 Us au to thinc na ferlye Thoh Godd it warnes ouertlye.
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. Dv The king could not, for bewraying that counsail, declare his wyll ouertly.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ouvertement, overtly, openly; evidently.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World Pref. sig. Cv For whatsoeuer hee ouertly pretended: Hee held in secret a contrary councell with the Secretarie.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. xi. 259 [They] begin at the wrong end, learning Words first, and perfectly, but make the Notions, to which they [sc. children] apply those Words afterwards, very overtly.
1703 E. Young Serm. II. 389 Good men are never overtly despised, but that they are first calumniated.
1844 R. W. Emerson Ess. 2nd Ser. vii. 224 The attributes of a person, his wit and his moral energy, will exercise, under any law or extinguishing tyranny, their proper force,—if not overtly, then covertly.
1859 Times 2 Sept. 1st Leader §1 A position with which no European Power could overtly quarrel.
1876 H. James Roderick Hudson v. 180 Her daughter was less overtly jubilant, and distributed her greetings with impartial frigidity.
1946 Language 22 ii. 160 Here one may question the analysis of endingless forms in attributive positions as uninflected variants of overtly marked forms.
1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes ii. 32 Nice girls did not overtly carry guns or strangle neighborhood cats.
1996 Independent 6 Feb. 19/1 These men's pronouncements are not overtly political, but they have profound political consequences.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adverb]
upc1275
overtly1601
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 525 The plot wherin you mean to haue Chestnuts grow must be ouvertly broken vp aloft, from between Nouember and Februarie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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