OVERTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overtly mean? 

• OVERTLY (adverb)
  The adverb OVERTLY has 1 sense:

1. in an overt manner

  Familiarity information: OVERTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an overt manner

Context example:

he did it overtly

Antonym:

covertly (in a covert manner)

Pertainym:

overt (open and observable; not secret or hidden)

 Context examples 

A neoplastic proliferation of Langerhans cells with overtly malignant cytologic features.

(Langerhans Cell Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)