Plainly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plainly \Plain"ly\, adv.
     In a plain manner; clearly.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  plainly
       adv 1: 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 apparently
              been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned
              the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly
              wrong"; "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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  106 Moby Thesaurus words for "plainly":
     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