overt
oh-VURTadjMeaning done or shown openly, not hidden
Memory hook OVER-T: right out in the OPEN. Ivy does not drop hints; she hangs a giant sign over the fridge that says “I WANT A BIKE!” Her wish is overt.
Lila’s overt yawning during the long speech made the speaker frown.
In context Unlike the sly hints her brother dropped, Ivy’s request was overt: she taped a picture of the bike she wanted right on the refrigerator door.
Similar open, unconcealed, public, plain
Opposite covert, secret, hidden, concealed
From Old French overt, “opened,” from ovrir (to open).