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Definition of Overtly
1. Adverb. In an overt manner. "He did it overtly"
Definition of Overtly
1. adv. Publicly; openly.
Definition of Overtly
1. Adverb. In an overt manner; publicly; openly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overtly
1. in an overt manner [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtly
Literary usage of Overtly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Intercolonial: A Historical Sketch of the Inception, Location by Sandford Fleming (1876)
"A new survey organized by both Countries.—State of Maine overtly breaks International
Law. ... overtly ..."
2. Stalking and Domestic Violence: The Third Annual Report to Congress Under edited by Noel-Anne Brennan (2000)
"How Often Do Stalkers Threaten overtly? Many State antistalking laws include in
their definition of stalking a requirement that stalkers make an overt ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"But the actual conscious reaction either involves directly the quantitative
predicate, implicitly if not on every occasion overtly, or consciousness is not ..."
4. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1906)
"... (3) that this tacitly admitted ownership ought to be overtly asserted; (4)
and that having been overtly asserted, the landowner should be distinctly ..."
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