publiclyadverb
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/us/ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/publicly adverb (TO EVERYONE)
C1 If something is done publicly, it is done so that everyone can know about it:
The company publicly apologized and agreed to contribute some money to charity.
publicly humiliated
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- Employees have publicly criticized the company's plans, much to the displeasure of the management.
- A publicly disunited party stands little chance of winning the election.
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Apparent and obvious
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose on your face idiom
- be (right) under your nose idiom
- be etched somewhere idiom
- be writ large idiom
- leap out at sb
- linear
- loud
- loud and clear idiom
- manifest
- manifestly
- marked
- nose
- recognizable
- self-evident
- shine
- shine out
- shine through
- speaks for itself idiom
- stark
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publicly adverb (GOVERNMENT)
done, owned, or paid for by the government:
The remaining 20-30% of the new stadium will be publicly funded.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populism
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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