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apertly

apertly adverb: openly, publicly, without secrecy.

Adverb

apertly (comparative more apertly, superlative most apertly)

  1. (obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
  2. (archaic) Clearly, plainly.
    • And þat is þe professioun appertly · þat appendeth for knyȝtes.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I

Forms of apertly

comparativemore apertly
superlativemost apertly

Origin of apertly

From apert + -ly.

Questions about apertly

What does apertly mean?
Apertly means openly, publicly, without secrecy.
What part of speech is apertly?
Apertly is an adverb.

Words near apertly in the dictionary

  1. Apert syndrome
  2. apertion
  3. apertions
  4. apertive
  5. apertives
  6. apertly
  7. apertness
  8. apertometer
  9. apertometers
  10. apertura
  11. apertural

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