Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PUB'LIC-LY
PUB'LIC-LY, adv.
- Openly; with exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made.
- In the name of the community. A reward is publicly offered for the discovery of the longitude, or for finding a northwestern passage to Asia.
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