publicly
publicly Lexical Profile
publicly Game Scores & Validity
• adverb
In a manner that is open to, observable by, or known to the general public rather than done in secret or private.
"The mayor publicly apologized for the delays in the city's transit renovation project."
By, for, or through a government, community, or the general public, especially regarding funding, ownership, or stock trading.
"The biomedical startup grew rapidly before becoming a publicly traded company on the stock exchange."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Publicly" is an exception to the standard English spelling rule wherein adjectives ending in "-ic" take "-ally" to form an adverb (as in "basic" to "basically"); the variant "publically" is rare and widely considered nonstandard.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in late Middle English from the adjective "public" (from Latin "publicus", meaning "of the people" or "common") plus the adverbial suffix "-ly".