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Example sentences for "openly"

Lexicographically close words:
openest; openeth; opening; openings; openlie; openness; opens; openwork; opera; operable
  1. But we were prudent men, and openly congratulated ourselves upon that fact when we discovered a gap, through which it seemed possible to pass quite easily.

  2. No other statesman of importance had at that time suggested such a step, whilst Lord Hartington had openly denounced it.

  3. On the other hand, the Germans have never openly resented our sympathy with France in her day of immeasurable misfortune.

  4. He openly professed to be a Republican, in theory at all events, and all his sympathies were engaged on the side of the oppressed nationalities of Europe.

  5. The Roumanians openly accused the Russian officers of having selfishly sacrificed the soldiers of the little principality in order to save the lives of Russians.

  6. He eased the publicans, upon their petition, of a third part of the sum which they had engaged to pay into the public treasury; and openly admonished them not to bid so extravagantly upon the next occasion.

  7. These, he openly declared, could derive no benefit from any other means than a civil war.

  8. And now these parricidal hosts stand arrayed openly against that paternal Government to which they owed loyalty, protection, and affection Never in history did rebellion assume such a front.

  9. Lucifer was a non-submissionist, and the first secessionist of whom history has given us any account, and the chains which he wears fitly express the fate due to all who openly defy the laws of their Creator and of their country.

  10. Philip the Second, at the head of the greatest empire then in the world openly was aiming at universal domination.

  11. As we shall have begun an open controversy with Him, he will contend openly with us.

  12. The arming of the criminal and hooligan classes by this guardian of public safety, which had at first been carried on quietly, was now being done openly and shamelessly, and had reached great proportions.

  13. Ruehle, a personal friend of Liebknecht, broke with his party at the end of 1914 and devoted himself to underground propaganda with an openly revolutionary aim, chiefly among the sailors of the High Seas fleet.

  14. Oskar Cohn, who had made a speech in the Reichstag four months earlier, denouncing the war as "a Hohenzollern family affair," now openly declared in the same assembly that the Kaiser must go.

  15. This awakening, however, came, as has been pointed out, nearly a quarter of a century after the founding of a Socialist kindergarten which openly taught revolution.

  16. In March, 1917, he declared openly in the Reichstag that Germany could not win the war and that peace must be made at once.

  17. Government property of all kinds was sold openly in the streets by soldiers and civilians.

  18. At Budapest revolution was in the air, and the Magyar deputies of the Parliament were openly discussing the question of declaring Hungary's independence.

  19. The openly revolutionary attitude of the Liebknecht cohorts and their insolent defiance of the government, resulted in armed guards being stationed in front of all public buildings in Berlin.

  20. The authority of the national government was small in any event, and was openly flouted and opposed in some places.

  21. So I was bawling openly when he held up my face and helped himself to what must have been a terribly briny kiss.

  22. So instead of riding openly and honestly up to Dinky-Dunk and Olga, I kept under cover as much as I could and stalked them, as though I had been a timber wolf.

  23. One day a man named Kavanagh, a captured absconder, who had openly sworn in the dock the death of the magistrate, walked quickly up to him as he was passing through the yard, and snatched a pistol from his belt.

  24. I am informed that he and a man named Eastwood, nicknamed "Jacky Jacky", glory in being the leaders of the Ring, and that they openly avow themselves weary of life.

  25. Neither liked to openly broach the supposition that they had been finally deserted.

  26. It was common for an officer to openly keep a female convict as his mistress.

  27. These are creatures who openly defy authority, whose language and conduct is such as was never before seen or heard out of Bedlam.

  28. I did what I could to avoid an open rupture with my colleagues and this man's friends, and succeeded for a time, but they obliged me at last, either to sanction what I felt to be wrong, or openly to protest against their proceedings.

  29. Here he openly assumed the title of king.

  30. Prolonged delays, however, aroused suspicions of treachery among the Greeks, who distrusted Tissaphernes and Ariæus alike; but Clearchus held it better not to break openly with the Persians.

  31. Moreover the Parliaments more openly and boldly expressed resentment at the acts of the king's ministers and claimed rights of control.

  32. Cromwell had felt very favourably disposed towards them, but had not dared to permit the re-establishment which they had openly sought.

  33. I am a married man now, and yet I tell you openly that Westerbury will have lost one of its greatest charms for me, when you have left it.

  34. Mrs. Arkell might not have spoken thus openly to her son, but for a hope, now beginning to dawn within her--that his choice might yet fall upon Mildred.

  35. Great Britain does not put herself in the position of suing for a friendship which may be denied; and is there any doubt that if Great Britain had at any time asked openly for such an alliance she would have been refused?

  36. Yet the administration of Philadelphia has been as corrupt and as openly disregardful of the welfare of the community as ever was that of New York.

  37. Even Ortheris's heart sank at the end of the seventh day, for half the regiment were out scouring the countryside, and Learoyd had been forced to fight two men who hinted openly that Mulvaney had deserted.

  38. But for a time all their world knows that they were openly beaten, whipped, dumb-cowed, shaking and afraid.

  39. This was a personal question, and most of the troopers had money on the event; the Gunners saying openly that they had the legs of the White Hussars.

  40. On her neither my openly expressed aversion nor the cutting brutalities with which I garnished our interviews had the least effect.

  41. Curiously enough, Learoyd, who had fought for the prize, and in the winning secured the highest pleasure life had to offer him, was altogether disposed to undervalue it, while Ortheris openly said it would be better to break the thing up.

  42. The leaders are openly declaring that in Christianity alone is to be found the political and social salvation of the nation.

  43. They are eager for progress, for education, for uplift, because they believe and openly declare that in Christian education and Christianity alone is to be found the political and social salvation of the country.

  44. He is a very warm partizan, and openly and actively opposed to the election of General Taylor.

  45. He preferred that the President should openly direct him to make the correction.

  46. The same tactics were pursued in Pennsylvania, where, however, the agreement was not so openly avowed.

  47. They frequently insinuate, and when it is safe they openly allege, that all who do not share their opinions are bad husbands, bad fathers, bad citizens, and bad men.

  48. The fact is proved by universal experience; nay, there are judges, as well as philosophers, who openly declare that the oath has a direct tendency to create perjury.

  49. In America it is not the convention for men to live openly in hotels with women who are not their wives.

  50. My story was not openly known there, but something of it got abroad, enough to taint my life there also with its suspicion.

  51. When Christopher flew so openly in the face of this cherished hatred, there could be nothing less than consternation.

  52. An escaped convict, openly walking about the streets of London!

  53. You must deal a little openly with me; you know I'm your friend.

  54. It would have better pleased the young man if his grandfather had openly quarrelled with him.

  55. There is nothing, to my eye, very formidable in the treaty between the Italian powers, which was fairly and openly published at the Vatican, and in which his Majesty was invited to take part.

  56. Men in the north fought openly in the field for counties, and marquisates, and dukedoms; but there was little finesse or diplomatic skill displayed except by Venice.

  57. Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understanding of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.

  58. The offensive was not unexpected, either in time or locality, and had been openly discussed in the Italian press.

  59. But the people and the rough soldiers openly mourned for Joan of the Sword Hand.

  60. It was one year after her own birth, and therefore the like period after the death of her mother, the openly acknowledged Duchess of Hohenstein.

  61. He cannot, indeed, openly give us his protection till we are past the boundaries of the State.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "openly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aboveboard; agonizingly; apparently; awfully; bitterly; blatantly; broadly; cruelly; deadly; deathly; directly; distressingly; dreadfully; excessively; excruciatingly; extravagantly; face; flagrantly; flat; frankly; free; freely; frightfully; genuinely; grievously; honestly; horribly; improperly; inexcusably; inordinately; intolerably; miserably; naturally; openly; out; outright; outside; outward; outwardly; painfully; plainly; public; roundly; sadly; seriously; shoulder; simply; sorely; superficially; terribly; unduly; broadly; cruelly; deadly; deathly; directly; distressingly; dreadfully; excessively; excruciatingly; extravagantly; face; flagrantly; flat; frankly; free; freely; frightfully; genuinely; grievously; honestly; horribly; improperly; inexcusably; inordinately; intolerably; miserably; naturally; openly; out; outright; outside; outward; outwardly; painfully; plainly; public; roundly; sadly; seriously; shoulder; simply; sorely; superficially; terribly; unduly