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Definition of Publicly

1. Adverb. In a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly. "She admitted publicly to being a communist"

2. Adverb. By the public or the people generally. "Publicly financed schools"

Definition of Publicly

1. adv. With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.

Definition of Publicly

1. Adverb. In public, openly, in an open and public manner. ¹

2. Adverb. By, for, or on behalf of the public. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Publicly

1. by the public [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Publicly

publicity hound publicity man publicity stunt publicity stunts publicizable publicization publicize publicized publicizer publicizes

publicizing publick publickation publickations publickly publicly (current term) publicly-held publicly held publicness publicnesses

publics publike publique publiquely publiques publish publish or perish publishability publishable published

Literary usage of Publicly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Clean Water and how to Get it by Allen Hazen (1914)
"ON THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF publicly OWNED WATER WORKS. UNDER this heading I shall not attempt to describe the methods in actual use in American cities ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Still a third mystery is, that Wadsworth was not present at the meeting and could not have taken the paper; that Wolcott, who publicly honored Wadsworth as ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"... there was no hope of that close alliance on which he had counted, he returned home in nn angry frame of mind, revenging himself on Louis by publicly ..."

4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"gence, or any pious contributions, which might promote the service of Constantine, who publicly declared that he had taken up arms for the deliverance of ..."

5. The Puritans: Or, The Church, Court, and Parliament of England, During the by Samuel Hopkins (1861)
"HE REFUSES TO AWAIT THE SUFFRAGES OF THE TEMPLARS. — THE PULPIT CONTROVERSY OF TRAVERS AND HOOKER. — THEIR DIFFERENT STYLES OF PREACHING.—TRAVERS publicly ..."

6. Publications (1853)
"Under his direction, after many attempts £cuke ™iv- and sufferings, he was publicly burned in the ..."

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