openly

1. 1.

   in an open way

   “he openly flaunted his affection for his sister”

Questions about openly

What does openly mean?

openly means "in an open way".

How many syllables are in openly?

openly has 3 syllables: o-pen-ly. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /ˈoʊpənli/.

Is openly a common word?

openly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.