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publicly

UK/ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/

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Ireland/ˈpʊb.lɪ.kli/

publicly adverb: in public, openly, in an open and public manner.

Adverb

publicly (comparative more publicly, superlative most publicly)

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

publicly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

publicly in Hindi

in an open and public manner — see also in public
सरेआम sareām, खुलेआम khuleām

publicly in Tamil

வெளிப்படையாக, பகிரங்கமாக

publicly in Urdu

اعلانیہ

publicly in Bengali

প্রকাশ্যে, সর্বসমক্ষে
More languagesFewer languages
publicly in Malayalam
പരസ്യമായി
publicly in Arabic
عَلَانِيَةً ʕalāniyatan, عَلَنًا ʕalanan
publicly in Persian
علنا alanan, رویراست rôy-e-râst, آشکارا âškârâ

Examples of publicly in a sentence

  • Shareholders are the real owners of a publicly traded business, but management runs it.
  • The business was sold to a publicly traded clean shell to achieve rapid liquidity for the owners.
  • The plans for many important buildings were once publicly available.

All 40 example sentences with publicly

Antonyms of publicly

Forms of publicly

comparativemore publicly
superlativemost publicly
alternative formpublically
alternative form (obsolete)publickly
alternative form (obsolete)publiquely
alternative Scotland (rare)publictly

Origin of publicly

From public + -ly.

Words formed from publicly

Questions about publicly

What does publicly mean?
Publicly means in public, openly, in an open and public manner.
What is publicly in Hindi?
Publicly in Hindi is सरेआम (sareām), खुलेआम (khuleām). See Publicly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is publicly?
Publicly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce publicly?
Publicly is pronounced /ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/ (UK).

Words near publicly in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: publicly (page history and authors); publicly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publicly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publicly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); publicly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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