Hypertext Webster Gateway: "plainly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Plainly \Plain"ly\, adv.
In a plain manner; clearly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
plainly
adv 1: 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") [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly},
{patently}, {apparently}, {plain}]
2: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
{simply}]
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