He did it overtly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
When nothing overtly is going on, make sure that a great deal is at work beneath the surface. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Weapons of Mass Instruction] Reference
Here I will use a short poem by Matthew Arnold to illustrate features of self-projection that become even more striking in overtly. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Affinities: A Partial Return to Wordsworthian Poetics After Modernism] Reference
A lot of weird stuff happens very overtly, which is mild fun but ultimately fails to unsettle you. From Wordnik.com. [HAPPY TOWN 1.1 – “In This Town On Ice” | Obsessed With Film] Reference
"Open carry," by definition, means "openly carrying a firearm in public," which is to say overtly rather than covertly. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
So, who are the main protagonists - or should that be offenders - where a return to the notion of overtly feminine dress is concerned?. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
They ignored anything that they would describe as overtly political, "says Carthy. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Carthy and Tom Robinson's notes on a revolution] Reference
He also didn't like the fact that they took out a lot of the "overtly" religious messages in it .. or so was the rumor. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
"overtly" was that he flaunted his sexuality, which was not the case. From Wordnik.com. [Press Gazette Latest News] Reference
17 minutes ago, -3 / +1Yes, I would say that anything that can be classified as overtly hetrosexual probably belongs in the adult section. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
18 minutes ago, -3 / +1Yes, I would say that anything that can be classified as overtly hetrosexual probably belongs in the adult section. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Artworks deemed overtly political may still be banned. From Wordnik.com. [China's Glasnost] Reference
But a location that's not overtly desirable has its attractions, too. From Wordnik.com. [Have I Got A Reit For You] Reference
More important, Mormon rhetoric is becoming more overtly evangelical. From Wordnik.com. [A Mormon Moment] Reference
Then we watched as Jiang overtly read his answer to the planted question. From Wordnik.com. [Quick, Meet The Press] Reference
Is it at all constricting to have Captain America be so overtly symbolic?. From Wordnik.com. [O Captain! Our Captain!] Reference
It had also approved an overtly segregated “African-American Academy.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Court Divided] Reference
Political candidates sometimes slyly play the race card, but rarely overtly. From Wordnik.com. [A Memo to Senator Obama] Reference
The United States in the 1930s was overtly anti-Semitic to a surprising degree. From Wordnik.com. [Exiles On Main St.] Reference
How overtly concerned are you with the idea of Harry's growing up in the books?. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of Harry Potter!] Reference
Especially since Buddhists are becoming more overtly political — even in Taiwan. From Wordnik.com. [Armies of the Enlightened] Reference
Not overtly affectionate, it was the only way she knew how to touch us emotionally. From Wordnik.com. [Serving Up Kisses, Not Feasts] Reference
Slyly or overtly, it rid-dles our fiction, our television and movies, our advertising. From Wordnik.com. [Sexual Separatism] Reference
Lead prosecutor Moira Lasch has been overtly hostile to both Lupo and the defense team. From Wordnik.com. [Case No. 91-5482 Comes To Trial] Reference
Even when protests are overtly political, they're not demanding Jeffersonian democracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Streets Are Silent] Reference
The government also tried to downplay the more overtly Islamist elements of its program. From Wordnik.com. [Beginning of the End?] Reference
This way of life is far different from what many overtly conservative Christians would like. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Christian America] Reference
Worldly success tends to mark the beginning of the end for the overtly religious in politics. From Wordnik.com. [The End of Christian America] Reference
The country has grown more overtly religious since you ran for office, and so have our politics. From Wordnik.com. ['We Need to Heal'] Reference
And long before Judy Chicago's "Dinner Party," she pioneered the use of overtly vaginal imagery. From Wordnik.com. [GEORGIA ON OUR MINDS] Reference
To a certain extent, the flap over Lieberman's overtly religious rhetoric is an intra-Jewish affair. From Wordnik.com. [Does God Belong On The Stump?] Reference
His audiences knew which truths and which injustices, without his taking any overtly political stands. From Wordnik.com. [FREEDOM MATTERS] Reference
Their work isn't overtly Chinese; most upscale Chinese consumers are more interested in Western silhouettes. From Wordnik.com. [Western Brands Face Competition From The Upstarts] Reference
It's known, for example, that men are overtly more aggressive than women because of differences in male and female hormones. From Wordnik.com. [Sad Brain, Happy Brain] Reference
As the debate over wearing overtly religious symbols in public shows, the country cannot simply ignore its multicultural identity. From Wordnik.com. [Snap Judgment: Books] Reference
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