overtly
Example Sentences
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But not all his work is overtly political, with many having a comic, or sardonic, message about society.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026
Ukraine also enlists foreign combatants but does so overtly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
People, in one way, are uber fans of the show, but in other ways, they’re overtly intrusive in your life.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Heathcliff might have been the most overtly unhinged boyfriend adolescent girls encountered in their assigned reading list, but he was far from the only one, even within the extended Brontë universe.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
A crew composed entirely of eight amped-up, overtly aggressive oarsmen will often degenerate into a dysfunctional brawl in a boat or exhaust itself in the first leg of a long race.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
