overtly
/əʊˈvɜːtli/oh-VURT-lee
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/oʊˈvɝtli/oh-VURT-lee
Meaningin an overt way
Common meaning: openly
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- othe letter o (omicron), named here by its size
- vertto open, uncoverLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 135 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘the letter o (omicron), named here by its size’ + ‘to open, uncover’ → overtly
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from overt + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), OVERT, p.411 · scan
Roots
- aperiō, apertum Latin “to open, uncover”
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