Publicly
['pʌblɪklɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly; 'she admitted publicly to being a communist'.
(adv.) by the public or the people generally; 'publicly provided medical care'; 'publicly financed schools'.
Typist: Rosa--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.
(adv.) In the name of the community.
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Examples
- It will then be publicly seen that, on both sides, we meet only as common and indifferent acquaintance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- It must be either publicly by setting the magistrate and coroner to work, or privately by questioning Lydgate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He says, and gives it out publicly, I want to see the man who'll rob me. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They met the French President, the Kaiser, the King of England, and the King of Spain, and they were dined and publicly honored in all the great capitals. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- If I once placed myself publicly in the wrong, I put the weapons at once into Sir Percival's hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He says, publicly, that if they want anything he'll give it 'em. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It won't do for a respectable bank gentleman like you, to be seen speaking to him publicly, you know. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I was spared the disgrace of appearing publicly as a criminal, as the case was not brought before the court that decides on life and death. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Soon it was publicly displayed, and before Whitney could finish his model for the Patent Office a dozen machines, similar to his, were in use in the cotton fields. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You must not appear publicly in such a thing as this, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Julius Handford, who had been publicly entreated to appear, and for intelligence of whom a reward had been publicly offered! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I will therefore receive your visits just as publicly as you please and when you please, for as long as ever we shall both agree together. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Many Germans who thought him rash or tawdry in their secret hearts, supported him publicly because he had so taking an air of success. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I call thus publicly on the makers and venders of these accusations to produce their evidence. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- It was first publicly exhibited in operation at the Crystal Palace Exhibition of the American Institute in the fall of 1856, where it attracted great attention and took the gold medal. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The movement for the democratic idea inevitably became a movement for publicly conducted and administered schools. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Now Mr. Davis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferrule the first person who was found breaking the law. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Concurrently, active preparations were made for the day on which some of its treasures were to be publicly displayed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Examine her privately, or examine her publicly, she is utterly incapable of assisting the assertion of her own case. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Professor Bradshaw, of the local academy, studied the machine, and then stated publicly that in his opinion, This machine is worth a hundred thousand dollars. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Circassian and Georgian girls are still sold in Constantinople by their parents, but not publicly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- What harm could such accusations, even if he made them publicly, do me here? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It was my firm determination that Laura should not enter her uncle's house till she appeared there publicly recognised as his niece. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I opened the proceedings by publicly appealing to Mr. Fairlie to say whether I appeared there with his authority and under his express sanction. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He deserves to be publicly disgraced. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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