Meaning of PLAINLY
Pronunciation: | | pl'eynlee
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- [adv] in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
- [adv] unmistakably; "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly' as in"he is plain stubborn")
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| Synonyms: | | apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, simply |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Plain"ly\, adv.
In a plain manner; clearly.
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| Related Terms: | | all joking aside, alone, aloud, apparently, apprehensibly, articulately, artlessly, audibly, barely, bluffly, bluntly, broadly, brusquely, candidly, casually, clearly, coherently, commonly, commonplacely, comprehensibly, conspicuously, definitely, directly, discernibly, distinctly, en famille, evidently, exclusively, explicitly, expressly, familiarly, frankly, genuinely, glaringly, guilelessly, in all conscience, in all seriousness, in plain English, in plain terms, in plain words, informally, ingenuously, intelligibly, just, limpidly, lucidly, manifestly, markedly, matter-of-factly, merely, naturally, noticeably, observably, obviously, offhand, offhandedly, only, openheartedly, openly, ordinarily, out, out loud, outspokenly, palpably, patently, pellucidly, perceivably, perceptibly, perspicuously, plain-spokenly, point-blank, prominently, pronouncedly, prosaically, purely, recognizably, relaxedly, roundly, sans ceremonie, seeably, simply, simply and solely, sincerely, singly, solely, staringly, starkly, straightforwardly, to the point, unaffectedly, unambiguously, unassumingly, unceremoniously, unconcealedly, unconstrainedly, understandably, undisguisedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unofficially, unreservedly, unrestrainedly, visibly, with clarity, with no nonsense, without ceremony |
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