Openly

Examples

• Do not mind shrinking openly from me, lady. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Both parties then prepared openly for war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Falsehoods and illusions ascend to take their place; the prodigal goes back into the country of the Lotophagi or drones, and openly dwells there. Plato. The Republic.
• She was an audacious woman, and openly looked compassionately at me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Oliver knew this too well; but thinking it might be dangerous to express his feelings more openly, he only sighed, and went on with his boot-cleaning. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• If the male relations of Madame Rigaud had put themselves forward openly, I should have known how to deal with them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She might have waited till he openly accused her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was clear what the end would be, since Mary openly placed Farebrother above everybody, and these women were all evidently encouraging the affair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I'm used to plodding in the mud, returned Jo, winking hard, because she would have died rather than openly wipe her eyes. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• On receiving this the victim might either openly abjure his former ways, or might fly from the country. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Probably, but they don't show it so openly as you do. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I said; I would only ask you to be consistent; or, if you change, change openly and let there be no deception. Plato. The Republic.
• If it proved that Wildeve was innocently there he would doubtless openly mention it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• If they say anything against me now they must say it in secret--they can't say it, they daren't say it, openly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Pip, said Mr. Jaggers, laying his hand upon my arm, and smiling openly, this man must be the most cunning impostor in all London. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• What does it matter if you take openly or take secretly? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And sitting down by her, he was at great pains to overcome her shame in being so surprised, and persuade her to speak openly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I, too, might have got, away, but I preferred to meet Madame openly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• That, I openly admit. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The pursuit of the lesser fortune was openly relinquished for that of the greater. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• There is little doubt that he would have been assassinated if he had attempted to travel openly throughout his journey. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In the Southern States, culture among the negroes is openly deplored, and I do not blame any patriarch for dreading the education of women. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The President asked, was the Accused openly denounced or secretly? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• At the court of the Tuileries, said Mr. Sillerton Jackson with his reminiscent smile, such things were pretty openly tolerated. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• But does not openly growl, 'a certain sort of parcel might be above you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My lady, who was also in the secret no doubt, and who alone had access to Miss Rachel, owned openly that she could make nothing of her. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The woman had a great desire to answer, but the man, with another oath, openly kicked at her foot with his heavy boot. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The rules of good breeding condemn whatever is openly disobliging, and gives a sensible pain and confusion to those, with whom we converse. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• In my dauntless zeal for her welfare, I ran the great risk, and openly alluded to her marriage engagement. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It would never break forth openly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

Edited by Hugh