Dictionary

publicly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɐb.lə.kli/ (New-Zealand)
• (US) audio
• /ˈpɐb.lɪ.kli/ (Australia)
• /ˈpʊb.lɪ.kli/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• /ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English public Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English publicly From public + -ly.

Meanings

1. In public, openly, in an open and public manner.
   • criticize someone publicly
   • publicly announce something
   • Although the Holy See publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes. 2013 December 14, “Clerical Pedophilia by Mexicans in Mexico and Other Countries”, in CNN en Español, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2025, page 10:
   • Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law. 2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2024:
2. By, for, or on behalf of the public.
   • publicly available

Forms

Antonyms

privately (antonym(s) of “openly”) · secretly (antonym(s) of “openly”)

Deriveds

publicly held

Translations (49)

ca públicament (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · sv offentligt (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · la prōpalam (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tr alenen (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · la cōram (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · bg публично (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · fa آشکارا (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · txb eṅkaucar (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · nrf publyiquement (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tg баръалоина (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · gd gu poblach (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · fa علنا (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · hu nyilvánosan (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tg ошкоро (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · uk публі́чно (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · az açıqca (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · bg открито (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · hi सरेआम (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tr aşikâre (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · pt publicamente (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · fr publiquement (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · sv publikt (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ar عَلَنًا (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · kw yn poblek (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ru обще́ственно (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · az ələnən (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · gl publicamente (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tg баръало (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tg рӯирост (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · fi julkisesti (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · pl publicznie (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ru публи́чно (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · it pubblicamente (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · el δημόσια (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · hi खुलेआम (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · fa رویراست (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tr açıkça (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · la pūblicē (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ang openlīċe (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ru при всех (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · tg аланан (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ar عَلَانِيَةً (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · oc publicament (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · es públicamente (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · cs veřejně (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · ga os ard (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · cmn 公開地 /公开地 (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · de öffentlich (in an open and public manner — see also in public) · la palam (in an open and public manner — see also in public)