adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deliberately/openly flout sth
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The union had openly flouted the law.
express sth openly (= express a feeling in a way that is obvious to other people )
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They expressed their anger openly in the meeting.
freely/readily/openly admit sth (= admit without being ashamed )
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I freely admit I’m hopeless at maths.
openly contemptuous
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He was openly contemptuous of his father.
openly criticize sb/sth (= in a public and direct way )
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They openly criticized the government’s handling of the crisis.
openly hostile
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Carr wouldn’t meet Feng’s stare, which was openly hostile .
openly
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Some of the mourners wept openly.
publicly/openly condemn sth/sb
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Army officers openly condemned the war.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
contemptuous
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Until recently, Dole was openly contemptuous of the supply side economics espoused by Kemp and other conservatives.
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He was openly contemptuous of supply-side theories.
critical
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He had been openly critical of his own archbishop's defence of discrimination against homosexuals in church employment.
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Moores was openly critical of task force members who did not attend.
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However, the educational team took a more openly critical view of the community development process and the philosophy underlying it.
gay
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He will become the most powerful openly gay man in the world.
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The group endorsed 32 openly gay and lesbian candidates in state and local races this year; 27 of them were elected.
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He continues to campaign for the right of Catholics to be openly gay .
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Barney Frank, D-Mass., one of three openly gay lawmakers.
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Overall, the number of openly gay psychologists remains low.
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Zingale also said he hopes for the appointment of an openly gay Cabinet secretary.
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And under the aegis of the Duke, a powerful protector, Strayhorn was able to live an openly gay life.
hostile
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But as her relationship with Eric deepened, he'd grown wary, sometimes openly hostile .
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General have been openly hostile toward Doctors Community.
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Dub reggae had themes dealing with the overthrow of Babylon and which were openly hostile to the white world.
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As it was, those legislators owed black voters nothing and were therefore free to take positions openly hostile to them.
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But the pair, openly hostile by the end of last year, will patch up their mutual differences.
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Many of the smaller cities are openly hostile toward the City of Los Angeles.
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The opposition parties had mostly been unenthusiastic, if not openly hostile , about parity legislation.
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The city population was not openly hostile but the humans were watched silently as they made their way through the streets.
■ VERB
acknowledge
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The number of people openly acknowledging their faith has risen dramatically in the past 10 years.
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It means putting weakness on one side, and openly acknowledging the positive worth of the person.
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In some of these areas. the traditional heritage is openly acknowledged and utilised.
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Many of his findings revealed aspects of society which are more openly acknowledged today.
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Most New Historical writing on the Renaissance has openly acknowledged the difficulties inherent in reading texts as cultural documents.
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She was openly acknowledging him as Charles Swift's successor and his eyes glittered with the knowledge.
admit
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The report openly admits that this is the most ambitious assessment scheme ever attempted in the world.
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Later in the war, they openly admitted that perimeters were used as bait.
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He openly admitted that he and his mother had never really agreed with each other.
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Gates openly admits his biases, or opinions.
call
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They now began to side with the extreme wing of the pied noir integrationist movement, which openly called for his overthrow.
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Four days of disorder followed, with demonstrators openly calling for the end of Eyadema's 24-year single-party regime.
criticize
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The government's political difficulties were compounded by growing differences with President Khan, who openly criticized its handling of the crisis.
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Gutfreund openly criticized what he considered the overweening greed of the younger generation.
declare
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It's not said, this is the problem, it's not openly declared and it should be.
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They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
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In our present circumstances, we couldn't do anything to stop him returning here and openly declaring himself.
defy
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But the relationship with Pataki deteriorated precipitously in recent days as McCaughey Ross openly defied him.
discuss
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But the government will not talk to local people about the projects nor openly discuss their criticisms.
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Laura had to hold a person-to-person meeting where the problem was openly discussed .
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Many guards are members of the death squads and openly discuss their activities in loud voices.
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Mental illness, after all, is not some-thing anyone discussed openly when we were growing up.
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They agreed to continue their efforts to improve their social life and to discuss openly any disagreements or suspicions which cropped up.
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The good news has to be the fact that the subject is at last being discussed openly .
express
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People like Ybreska were too afraid to have a commitment, even to openly express doubts.
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If this is the case, presumably you can openly express your concerns about any aspect of work to him.
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Opinions were expressed openly and freely without any breach of confidence.
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She may subtly encourage in her daughter all the characteristics she would like to express openly herself, but dare not.
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Scientists even begin to express openly their discontent with and unease over the reigning paradigm.
speak
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But I am able to speak openly .
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Machiavelli, in giving advice to his Prince, spoke openly of the importance of deception.
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You have spoken openly with me, and I speak openly with you.
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Most rank-and-file deputies have been hesitant to speak openly about their dissatisfaction.
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You have spoken openly with me, and I speak openly with you.
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He is polite, friendly and speaks openly about football, his family and the horrors of the past.
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I was also beginning to see why Edward had been loth to speak openly about his work.
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These spoke openly of ropes being thrown over high beams and tar and feathers brought into play.
state
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She was annoyed with herself for not stating openly what was really worrying her.
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In the bond market, unlike in the stock market, commissions are not openly stated .
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He caused many an offence during the Christmas period by openly stating his hatred of the Geldof coup.
talk
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The trouble is, men's emotions are generally misunderstood because they don't talk openly about their feelings.
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High-level ministers have talked openly about increasing aid to agriculture and shifting economic policy from one of stabilization to one of growth.
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Well, I don't talk openly about my kidneys, but that doesn't mean I don't have any.
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Encourage all the children to talk openly about their feelings so that hidden resentments are not bottled up inside them.
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Officials refuse to talk openly about the options.
weep
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Many of them wept openly as his favourite music was played to the congregation.
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Some in the crowd wept openly .
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By the time she had finished, most of us were openly weeping with her, and the web was half finished.
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Mrs Kershaw was now weeping openly without the formality of a handkerchief.
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They weep openly and harrowingly, unlike middle-class parents who are seldom willing to appear, seeing their grief as more private.
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The husband open-mouthed, the wife weeping openly .
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Louis wept openly and could not be comforted.
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He recalled the immense joy the news had brought him, and how he had wept openly and bitterly.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an openly gay politician
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At that time, people did not often talk openly about death.
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Drugs are sold openly on the city streets.
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He was the first person to talk openly on TV about having AIDS.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the time she had finished, most of us were openly weeping with her, and the web was half finished.
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He had been openly critical of his own archbishop's defence of discrimination against homosexuals in church employment.
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If I asked questions about his life he answered them openly but would offer nothing further.
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She is smiling plainly and openly , without a trace of irony.
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There was a reluctance among some teachers to say openly that a particular answer to a question was wrong.
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This is a rather naive view of a regime which openly threatens those who hold different views with death.
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This was not a problem he felt he could share openly with the other members.