overtly

[oh-vurt-lee, oh-vurt-lee]

adverb

1. openly; publicly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of overtly¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; overt, -ly

Example Sentences

Such overtly dogmatic religious politics are antithetical to democracy and modern society because they exist outside of empirical reality; they are based on truth claims rooted in faith that facts cannot reach.

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As a historian of the FBI, I recognize the FBI has had only one other overtly political director in the past 50 years: L. Patrick Gray, who served for a year under President Richard Nixon.

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Without doing any searches themselves, investigators found overtly sexualised search terms being recommended in the "you may like" section of the app.

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Recommendations like these may not seem overtly sexist.

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Initially, they had been asked for patriotic posts about historical figures in Moldovan history - but gradually the demands had become overtly political.

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