openly Copy link Outline I. Publicly, without concealment1. pălam (publicly, for all to see)2. ăpertē (without any disguise)II. Frankly; keeping nothing back • openly: I. Publicly, without concealment: 1. pălam (publicly, for all to see): things done o. in the forum, quae in foro p. gesta sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 33, 81. his enemies slew him o., hunc inimici p. interfecerunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 25: cf. infr. (2). Strengthened, prōpălam: Cic. de Or. 1, 35, 161. 2. ăpertē (without any disguise): o. to display one's grief, dolorem a. ferre, Cic. Pl. 14, 34. Very oft. with another syn.: aperte et palam (opp. to ex insidiis), id. Or. 12, 38: plane et aperte, id. Fin. 2, 5, 15. II. Frankly; keeping nothing back: ăpertē, simplĭcĭter, lībĕrē: v. frankly.