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overtly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an overt manner; publicly; openly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an overt manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he did it overtly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: covertly

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English overt Middle English -ly English -ly English overtly From overt + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: открито (otkrito) — openly
  • Bulgarian: явно (javno) — openly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公开地 — openly
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公然地 — openly
  • Dutch: openlijk — openly
  • Dutch: onverholen — openly
  • French: ouvertement — openly
  • German: offen — openly
  • German: unverhohlen — openly
  • German: offenkundig — openly
  • Greek: φανερά (fanerá) — openly
  • Hebrew: בגלוי (begalúy) — openly
  • Hebrew: בפומבי (befumbé) — openly
  • Hebrew: פומבית (pumbít) — openly
  • Polish: jawnie — openly
  • Portuguese: abertamente — openly
  • Portuguese: declaradamente — openly
  • Russian: открыто (otkryto) — openly
  • Russian: явно (javno) — openly
  • Russian: публично (publično) — openly
  • Russian: несекретно (nesekretno) — openly
  • Russian: в открытую (v otkrytuju) — openly
  • Russian: напоказ (napokaz) — openly
  • Russian: очевидно (očevidno) — openly
  • Spanish: abiertamente — openly
  • Swedish: öppet — openly
  • Ukrainian: відкри́то (vidkrýto) — openly