Thesaurus results for OPENLY

openly

adverb

as in freely

in a direct and honest way; without hiding feelings or opinions Please feel free to express your opinions openly. The governor has been openly critical of the President.

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Recent Examples of openly And a president openly threatening to commit war crimes by targeting civilian infrastructure in Iran—and floating preemptive strikes against Cuba. —

John Whitehead, Oc Register, 23 Apr. 2026 One source speculated that the portraits of the Bezoses may have been inspired by Condé journalists openly dreading the prospect of the billionaires owning Vogue and having Sánchez calling the shots. —

Matt Donnelly, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 There, Leo openly criticized corruption in the presence of Cameroon's President Paul Biya. —

Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026 Iran is now openly charging tolls for ships to traverse the Strait of Hormuz (often paid in Chinese yuan or cryptocurrencies), and is planning to set up a regime to formalize this control even after the war ends. —

Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 For a lot of the Arab world, including people who are openly critical of Israel, Iran is the more immediate problem. —

Yair Nativ, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2026 His supporters touted video of Stevens being booed at the convention, only to watch other Democrats openly resent the disruption — likening it to activists on the left who refused to vote for Democratic nominees in 2016 and 2024. —

Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026 Fonteyn was married at the time, and Nureyev was openly gay, known for his long-term, volatile relationship with Danish dancer Erik Bruhn. —

Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026 For months, potential candidates dropped in and opted out, two Republicans led the polls in one of the nation’s bluest states, Democratic leaders were openly worried that the GOP could win the governorship by default with a 1-2 finish in the primary and, finally, scandal forced Swalwell out. —

Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026

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The logical, unromantic version of their history is that in the 17th century Chincoteague farmers moved their livestock to neighboring Assateague Island to roam freely and avoid fencing their land, as well as skirting various taxation laws.

— Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
Wild antelope prance freely while bison lazily graze in pastures.

— Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026