plainlyadverb
uk/ˈpleɪn.li/us/ˈpleɪn.li/plainly adverb (CLEARLY)
clearly or obviously:
This is plainly wrong.
Every footstep could be plainly heard.
The men had plainly lied.
Plainly, a great deal of extra time will be needed for the security checks.
The incentive to sell more is great - and it plainly works.
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Apparent and obvious
- apparent
- be (as) plain as the nose on your face idiom
- be (right) under your nose idiom
- be etched somewhere idiom
- be writ large idiom
- leap out at sb
- linear
- loud
- loud and clear idiom
- manifest
- manifestly
- marked
- nose
- recognizable
- self-evident
- shine
- shine out
- shine through
- speaks for itself idiom
- stark
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plainly adverb (WITH NOTHING ADDED)
simply and without a lot of decoration:
a plainly furnished room
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plain and ordinary
- as it comes idiom
- austere
- austerity
- be a dime a dozen idiom
- be two/ten a penny idiom
- dime
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- kitchen-sink
- penny
- shout
- simple
- something/nothing to shout about idiom
- spartan
- stale
- stark
- starkly
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