Known and Openly

Known

Known adjective - Apprehended with certainty.

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

Nearby Words: know, knowing

Openly

Openly adverb - In an open way.

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

Nearby Word: openness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Useful Notes / Tennis This was McEnroe's second best known and bitterest rivalry and he's openly less than besties with Lendl to this day.
  • One Nation Under Copyright After the fall of the First Republic, both era known as The Diaspora and to a lesser extent during the Second Republic, some planets were openly owned and operated by corporate entities.
  • Film / American Mary He also openly admires Mary's Cold-Blooded Torture of Dr Grant and states that he wished he'd known Mary back then.
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