Openly and Solely

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Openly adverb - In an open way.

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Solely and openly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Solely" instead an adverb "Openly".

Nearby Word: openness

Solely adverb - For nothing other than.

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Openly and solely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Openly" instead an adverb "Solely".

Nearby Word: sole

Broly's creator even openly criticized Battle of Gods solely for the fact that the character of Beerus, who is well received by the fans, wasn't as "scary" as Broly, and that the movie "reduced Broly to a pushover".

Source: Creators Pet / Anime
Even worse, someone solely caused a premiere screening of the anime spin-off for Hyperdimension Neptunia to be cancelled because he's openly trying to murder Rie because of the marriage.

Source: Yoko Oh No
Sequel Escalation: The filmmakers openly admitted that the first film had the robots kept in the background solely because of cost and as an experiment if the SFX would work.

Source: Franchise / Transformers Film Series

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