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▪ I. † ˈopenly, a. Obs.
[f. open a. + -ly1.]
Open to sight, manifest, public.
c1050Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 343/28 A puplicis, openlecum. Ibid. 466/4 Puplica, openlecre. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 5 Ure louerd ihesu cristes openliche tocume. c1200Ormin 2909 Þær þurrh he ȝaff ȝuw, læwedd follc, Full opennlike bisne. a1225Ancr. R. 426 Þauh þe ancre on hire meidenes uor openliche gultes legge penitence.
▪ II. openly, adv.|ˈəʊp(ə)nlɪ|
[f. open a. + -ly2.]
In an open manner.
1. Without concealment; so that all may see, hear, or take cognizance; in public, publicly.
971Blickl. Hom. 193 Hie openlice þæt ᵹesetton. c1020Rule St. Benet (Logeman) 55 He si ᵹeþread openlice toforan eallum. c1200Ormin 13630 Opennliȝ biforenn man. a1300Cursor M. 175 Iesu crist..openlik [v.rr. opinli, openly] bigan to preche. 1375Barbour Bruce xi. 633 The Erll of murreff oppynly Takis playne feld with his menȝhe. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxi. 213 He opened the letter..and red it openly word by word. 1549Compl. Scot. xv. 133 [We] dar neuyr pray appynly to send sic vengeance on ane euil prince. 1597Shakes. 2 Hen. IV, iv. ii. 76 My loue to ye, Shall shew it selfe more openly hereafter. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) IV. 69 The dog..openly declares his alacrity to pursue them. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 158 The words had been repeated to Wolsey, who mentioned them openly at his table. 1885Spectator 30 May 714/2 The lady..flirts openly and unblushingly.
†b. By people generally, commonly, publicly.
1154O.E. Chron. an. 1137 §5 Hi sæden openlice ðæt christ slep & his halechen. 1473Rolls of Parlt. VI. 83/1 In the paryssh of Seynt Michell, openly called Pater noster chirch, otherwise called Weritynton college. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI 149 It was openly knowen, that the French kyng, was ready..to make open warre.
2. Without concealment of thought or feeling; without reserve; frankly, unreservedly.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 531 Þar-for Iob þus openly sayse; Homo, natus de muliere [etc.]. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints iii. (Andreas) 241 He bad þame opynly þat þai suld hold þar way in hy. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 249 b, Who should seme secretly to wyll more, than in the commission he did openly professe. 1828Scott F.M. Perth vii, I speak among neighbours and friends, and therefore I speak openly.
†3. In a way easy to see or understand; evidently, manifestly; clearly, plainly. Obs.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xix, Cato, se wæs eac Romana heretoᵹa, se wæs openlice uþwita. c1200Ormin Pref. 55 Þiss iss to seggenn opennliȝ Þe Laferrd Cristess Karrte. a1225Ancr. R. 8 Hwar he ifinde in holi write religiun openluker descriued & isuteled þen in sein Iames canoniel epistle? 1340Ayenb. 73 Ine hevene þou sselt yzy openliche hou uirtues and guode dedes byeþ heȝliche yolde. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xxx. 135 Þare er fewles also spekand of þaire awen kynde; and þai will hails men..spekand als openly as þai ware men. 1484Caxton Fables of æsop v. xiii, He that can or shalle proue more openly that he hath the most parte. 1682Norris Hierocles Pref. 34 Many things might have been deliver'd more openly and clearly.
†4. In an open, not closed, state or condition; so as to admit of entrance or passage. Obs.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 502 If that the passage opunly Hadde be unto me free. 1387–8T. Usk Test. Love Prol. (Skeat) l. 1 Men..that, with eeres openly sprad..swalowen the deliciousnesse of iestes and of ryme.
†5. With wide spaces or interstices. Obs. rare.
c1790J. Imison Sch. Art II. 48 For your first practice, copy such prints as are openly shaded. |
单词 open-head 释义 † open-head, a. and adv. Obs.[See open a. 22: cf. barehead, bareback,......