1.
Something that is ~ is expressed or shown clearly and openly, without any attempt to hide anything.
...sexually ~ scenes in films and books.
...~ references to age in recruitment advertising.
= overt
? implicit
ADJ
~ly
The play was the first commercially successful work dealing ~ly with homosexuality...
= overtly
ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj
~ness
When the book was published, the energy and ~ness caught the popular imagination.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you are ~ about something, you speak about it very openly and clearly.
He was ~ about his intention to overhaul the party’s internal voting system.
ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ about n
~ly
She has been talking very ~ly about AIDS to these groups.
ADV: ADV with v