publicly

«publicly» in Mova's school dictionary: in front of other people, openly, not in private — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Publicly means in front of other people, openly, not in private. tree →

2) Publicly means by or for the government or the public: publicly funded. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: «she publicly thanked her teacher». In news and formal writing: publicly owned, publicly funded schools, publicly available. Phrases: «publicly announce», «publicly available», «publicly funded».

examples

• He publicly apologised to the class. tree →
• The results will be publicly announced. tree →
• The information is publicly available online. tree →
• Publicly funded libraries are free. tree →
• She was publicly praised in assembly. tree →
• Don't tell someone off publicly — talk privately. tree →
• The park is publicly owned. tree →
• They publicly thanked the firefighters. tree →
• He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. tree →

note

Spelling trap: «publicly», not «publically». Opposite: privately.

In the corpora

• Photos posted publicly can be collected and used to make fakes; you may ask family not to post yours.
• Words ending in -ic add -ally: basically, dramatically; «publicly» is the exception.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «publicly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.