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publicly

American  
[puhb-lik-lee] / ˈpʌb lɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a public or open manner or place.

  2. by the public.

  3. in the name of the community.

  4. by public action or consent.

publicly British  
/ ˈpʌblɪklɪ /

adverb

  1. in a public manner; without concealment; openly

  2. in the name or with the consent of the public

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of publicly

First recorded in 1925–30; public + -ly

Example Sentences

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Those speaking out publicly are still a small percentage of the 400 plus Labour MPs in the Commons.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Neither country publicly discloses how many combatants they have lost, but think tanks such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies estimate that hundreds of thousands of soldiers have been killed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Individual investors have crowded the exits lately at the nontraded funds that make buyout loans, while publicly traded funds have fallen to steep discounts.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

When the Mission gang scandal burst into public view, department officials publicly called it an isolated problem of rogue gang officers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

And the documents revealed a vast discrepancy between what government officials had been saying publicly and what they knew to be true.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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