aˈpertly, adv. ? Obs.
Forms: 3–4 apertelyche, 4 -lyke, apeartlye, 4–5 apertelich(e, -teli, -tli, appert(e)ly, 4–6 apertely(e, 5–6 -art(e)ly, 6 apartlie, 4–8 apertly.
[f. apert a. + -ly2.]
1. Openly to the senses, publicly, plainly; without secrecy or concealment. (Opposed to privily.)
| 1297 R. Glouc. 375 Me myȝte bere.. Tresour aboute & oþer god oueral apertelyche. a 1450 Knt. de la Tour 46 As he shewed unto this good lady apertely. c 1450 Merlin iv. 76 He hadde aperteliche the semblaunce of the Duke. 1577 Holinshed Chron. I. 73/1 Going about manie things both priuilie and apertlie. 1603 Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 123 Giving aid both apertly and covertly unto the weaker. a 1734 North Examen i. iii. ¶131 So long as no positive Charge is apertly made to the Prejudice of any one. |
2. Manifestly (to the understanding), clearly, evidently, plainly.
| c 1315 Shoreham 96 That other heste apertelyche Schewed mannes defaute. 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. iii. 256 It is a permutacioun apertly, a peny-worth for an othre. 1481 Caxton Myrr. i. v. 27 Otherwise may not be knowen appertly the certayn ne the incertayn. 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Notes 410 Paule spake simplie and apertlie. 1680 H. More Apocal. Apoc. 285 There is apertly mention made of the sixth and seventh Trumpet. |
3. Straightforwardly, boldly; with distinction.
| 1375 Barbour Bruce x. 315 This gud Erll nocht-for-thi The Sege tuk full apertly. Ibid. xiv. 77 The Scottis men in that fechting Swa apertly and weille thame bar. |