overtly

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Antonyms for overtly

adverb. candidly

adverb. obviously

early 14c., from overt + -ly (2).

Do you imagine that he is overtly opposed to the annexation?

This was the first time he had ever overtly spoken of the theatre in his mother's presence.

He waved his hand, and this time quite definitely and overtly wafted a kiss in her direction.

The Germans ate in a room by themselves, so that the obnoxious element was not present overtly at the general table d'hte.

It illustrates another side of Maupassant's pessimism—the overtly, but for the most part quietly, tragic.

Briefly, this includes variant as well as overtly lesbian poetry, written in English or available in English translation.

In short, the king can hope nothing from us overtly, and certainly nothing covertly.

The idea of co-ordination is so cardinal a one that it should be expressed not by implication but overtly.

For one thing, art had been expected to emphasize a moral; there was even a demand on the drama to be overtly didactic.

We will not follow the commissioners through their various attempts, overtly and covertly, to forward the object of their mission.