Guilty and Openly

Guilty

Guilty adjective - Suffering from or expressive of a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.

Openly and guilty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Openly" instead an adjective "Guilty".

Nearby Words: guilt, guiltless, guiltiness, guiltily

Openly

Openly adverb - In an open way.

Guilty and openly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guilty" instead an adjective "Openly".

Nearby Word: openness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / The Fugitive While he stays a By-the-Book Cop, he goes from firmly believing Kimble to be guilty to chasing Kimble because it's his job to openly doubting that Kimble is a dangerous man.
  • Series / Law & Order They arrest her, she goes to preliminary court, and openly admits she killed him, she hated her husband, and doesn't mind being guilty.
  • Mr Bennet is just as guilty as he would openly mock and ridicule his wife and younger daughters.
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