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publickly

publickly is the obsolete spelling of publicly.

Meaning of publicly

Adverb

publicly (comparative more publicly, superlative most publicly)

  1. In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
    • criticize someone publicly
  2. By, for, or on behalf of the public.
    • publicly available

Forms of publickly

comparativemore publickly
superlativemost publickly

Origin of publickly

From publick + -ly.

Questions about publickly

What is publickly the obsolete spelling of?
Publickly is the obsolete spelling of publicly.

Words near publickly in the dictionary

  1. publick
  2. publickally
  3. publickation
  4. publickations
  5. publicke
  6. publickly
  7. publicks
  8. publicly
  9. publicly held
  10. publicly-held
  11. publicness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: publickly (page history and authors); publicly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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