单词 | overtly |
释义 | overtlyadv. 1. Openly, manifestly, without concealment or secrecy; outwardly, publicly. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.c1325 |
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