Meanings
comparative more avowedly · superlative most avowedly
- With open acknowledgment, declaration or verification.
Given the 'saffronization' of Congress, the 'ethnoreligious purification' of the BJP, and the parturition of the avowedly secular parties (CPI, SJP and BSP) […]
1993, Harold Alton Gould, India votes: alliance politics and minority governments in the ninth and tenth general elections, page 3081 more example
'Tvvas eaſie for me to repreſent to You hovv unfiniſhed and unpoliſhed the Trifles you called for, vvere, eſpecially conſidering that the Immatureneſs of ſome of them vvould not probably be the Chief thing that vvould make many think they come forth Vnſeaſonably, ſince they avovvedly Aim at the Perſuading and Teaching men to Improve their Thoughts, […]
1665, Robert Boyle, “To Sophronia”, in Occasional Reflections upon Several Subiects. Whereto is Premis’d a Discourse about Such Kind of Thoughts, London: […] W. Wilson for Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbby open declaration
adverbas acknowledged
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French ouvertement
- ouvertementwith open acknowledgment
Italian dichiaratamente
- dichiaratamentewith open acknowledgment
Polish jawnie, otwarcie
- jawniewith open acknowledgment
- otwarciewith open acknowledgment
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