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[ adverb ] in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly

Examples

"she admitted publicly to being a communist"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

He behaved publicly with a cocky , swaggering truculence that offended their vulpine Latin minds , and behaved towards them personally with an unimpressed insolence that enraged them beneath their blandness .

(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)

`` The logic of creating a strong , balanced , competitive two system railroad service in the East is so obvious that B._+_O. was publicly committed to the approach outlined here .

(U.S. Reports. Volume 364. Cases Adjudged in the...)

He again stated that he was `` a regular minister '' ; that he was `` devoting an average of 100 hours a month to actual preaching publicly '' , in_addition to 50 to 75 hours in other ministerial duties , and that he opposed war in any form .

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

Publicly , he denied everything .

Related terms

privately public public

2
[ adverb ] by the public or the people generally

Examples

"publicly provided medical care" "publicly financed schools"

Related terms

privately community community

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