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語源

From public +‎ -ly.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpʌblɪkli/

副詞

publicly (comparative more publicly, superlative most publicly)

1. In public, openly, in an open and public manner.

   criticize someone publicly

   publicly announce something

   • 2013 December, “Clerical Pedophilia by Mexicans in Mexico and Other Countries”, in CNN en Español‎, page 10:

     Although the Holy See publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found, there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes.

   • 2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 2024-04-06:

     Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.

2. By, for, or on behalf of the public.

   publicly available

使用する際の注意点

• publicly is more than 25 times more common than publically. Over the last 100 years, the relative frequency of publically has been increasing. publically is covered in Merriam-Webster and Collins. publicly is unusual in so far as -ic adjectives usually form adverbs by adding –ally.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “openly”): privately, secretly

派生語

• publicly held

参照

Further reading

• “publicly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “publicly”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.