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Honesty vs Openly - What's the difference?

honesty | openly |

As a noun honesty

is honor, decency, propriety.

As an adverb openly is

in an open manner, visibly, not covertly.

honesty

English

(wikipedia honesty) (Lunaria) (Lunaria)

Noun

  • honor, decency, propriety.
  • Chastity.
  • (label) The act, quality, or condition of being honest
  • (label) Any of various crucifers in the genus , several of which are grown as ornamentals.

    • Antonyms

    * dishonesty

    Derived terms

    * honesty is the best policy * maiden's honesty ()

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    openly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an open manner, visibly, not covertly.
  • *
    • Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer;
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek. }}

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