How to Use overtly in a Sentence

overtly

adverb
Definition of overtlynext
  • For those who make the trek, the week will be filled with events ranging from the pastoral to the glamourous to the overtly highbrow.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024
  • And on the field, there’s nothing that overtly sets Purdy apart.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Some take an overtly pessimistic view of Banksy’s new work.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Step Two Make the bed with mixed and matched sheets at various price points, and avoid overtly matchy-matchy sets.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Does Jack overtly know that his fame will come at the cost of sacrificing Madeleine or is that a trick that’s played on him?
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
  • None of those steps was overtly challenged by a member of the Court at the time, and justices have taken steps to comply.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden.
    — Chris Megerian and Josh Boak, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Instead, there’s doubling down and the embrace of these overtly white-power and neo-Nazi groups.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2024
  • No one wants to be on record as saying or doing something that’s overtly racist.
    — Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Nothing overtly frightening, but all of it was terrible—the tautness of the tape, the businesslike trot of the dogs, the way the crowns of the trees thrashed with the force of the helicopter blades.
    — Fiona McFarlane, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • China makes a mockery of the Olympic Games by overtly politicizing it.
    — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
  • The campaign is also wary of stories that might make Trump look too extreme, or even overtly racist.
    — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Not overtly, but in a way people will read themselves into.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2024
  • My nails look shiny and reflective, but not overtly chrome or glittered.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Payen points out that the key to French-girl beauty is finding and wearing tones that don’t look overtly cosmetic.
    — Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Because if the former beau does stream the album, the ultimate kick in the pants for him might not be the billboard but the fact that little or none of the record seems to overtly be about him.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Critiquing the casting of a Black actor for the role, some on social media used overtly racist language.
    — Jamal Michel, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
  • For one, Saudi Arabia, unlike Denmark, has not overtly taken a side in the war.
    — Nic Robertson, CNN, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There were not any overtly head-scratching decisions or play calls, just a lot that backfired.
    — Matt Cohen | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2023
  • There are lots of people working very, very hard behind the scenes both overtly and covertly to get their former colleagues and friends out.
    — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Inside, there's nothing overtly special about the Taos.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Later in the 20th century, noir novels played more overtly with violence in the kitchen.
    — Jessica Carbone, Saveur, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Like a lot of fat people, I am also told—both overtly and covertly—that I should certainly not be seen doing so.
    — Marie Southard Ospina, SELF, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Tim Hause: The cool thing about the fact that this is a family business is some of these things don't get overtly communicated.
    — Ben Trivett, Peoplemag, 15 July 2023
  • The crackdown has made people much more cautious about overtly showing their anger at the government, said Ilyash.
    — Valerie Hopkins, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • The crackdown has made people much more cautious about overtly showing their anger at the government, said Mr. Ilyash.
    — Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 22 July 2023
  • To the blues, which walked and traveled freely and thought itself into existence on the road and is overtly anti-spectacle.
    — Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Both of these styles revolve around the idea that luxury should not be overtly declared, and the absence of the designer logo is filled with the quality of the garment.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
  • In recent years, his wordplay has become more enigmatic and less overtly tied to mass media.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Trump has also engaged in questioning people’s racial backgrounds — including Harris’ — and racial dog whistles and overtly racist rhetoric have been fixtures of Trump’s public life.
    — Jill Colvin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024

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