publicly
/ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
By, for, or on behalf of the public.
Example Sentences
- "criticize someone publicly"
- "publicly announce something"
- "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 found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes."
- "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."
- "publicly available"
Etymology
Etymology tree English public Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English publicly From public + -ly.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/
- British English: /ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/
Inflected Forms
more publicly (comparative)
most publicly (superlative)
publically (alternative)
publickly (alternative, obsolete)
publiquely (alternative, obsolete)
publictly (alternative, Scotland)