We saw him at the opening of his tent.
Shak.
3. Hence: A vacant place; an opportunity; as, an opening for business.
[Colloq.] Dickens.
4. A thinly wooded space, without undergrowth, in the midst of a
forest; as, oak openings. [U.S.] Cooper.
O"pen*ly, adv. [AS. openlice.] 1. In an open manner; publicly; not in
private; without secrecy.
How grossly and openly do many of us contradict the precepts of the
gospel by our ungodliness!
Tillotson.