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openly adv.
outdoor adv.

ADVERB

openly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly

WEAK

aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly warts and all without pretense without reserve

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely

WEAK

secretly shamefully

ADVERB

outdoor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rustic

STRONG

outside

WEAK

alfresco casual free garden healthful hilltop informal invigorating mountain natural nature-loving out of the house out-of-doors patio picnic unrestricted woods yard

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in the open

Protesters in Jharkhand have been gathered at a stadium in Ranchi since 25 July - some have been sleeping in the open and several have gone on hunger strike.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Investors should look to see whether anyone else pays cash up front to lock in wafers, which would be a measure of how little faith buyers have in the open market.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Vienna's heurigers range from a few tables set up in the open air to grander affairs resembling restaurants.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

These shelves trapped phosphate in coastal sediments, leaving less of the nutrient available in the open ocean.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

He ignored me, his dark eyes taking in the chaos that was swirling out in the open.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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