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openly
 [oh-puhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | honestly |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, artlessly, blatantly, brazenly, candidly, face to face, flagrantly, forthrightly, frankly, fully, honestly, in broad daylight, in full view, in public, in the open, ingenuously, naively, naturally, plainly, publicly, readily, shamelessly, simply, straight, unabashedly, unashamedly, under one's nose, unhesitatingly, unreservedly, wantonly, warts and all, willingly, without pretense, without reserve |
| Antonyms: | secretly, shamefully |
| Main Entry: | red-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caught in the act |
| Synonyms: | blatantly, guilty, in a compromising position, openly |
| Main Entry: | red-handed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the act of committing crime |
| Synonyms: | blatantly, caught, in flagrante delicto, openly |
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Example Sentences
- To the contrary, its users claim that the status quo is blatantly unfair.
- It's blatantly self-serving to support the status quo.
- But installing unelected technocrats in their place is such a blatantly political move that it's almost apolitical.
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