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plainly

/ plainly /
adverb

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
"she was dressed plainly"
"they lived very simply"
Pertains to:
unpretentious
adverb Sense 2
unmistakably (`plain'' is often used informally for `plainly'')
"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 apparent"
Pertains to:
apparent evident manifest patent plain
Domain:
colloquialism
Semantic Complexity
42%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
0
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution