plainly
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1.8
- adverb
- /ˈpleɪnli/
:
claramente
- The teacher explained the concept plainly, so every student could understand.
- put it plainly
- plainly visible
- plainly stated
I'm a big fan of Occam's Razor, which is plainly stated.
- I'm a big fan of Occam's Razor, which is plainly stated.
- They will see all sorts of stuff about Biden, who's plainly a decent man.
- What looked like Spetsnaz at the border, in the hotel I was staying in in Damascus, there were plainly at least two sets of Russian aircrew.
- And you're just sort of very plainly showing the truth of it without sugar coating it in any way.
- One factor Colonel Wilson didn't put that much stock in was Iraqi nationalism, as he stated quite plainly.
- And say it plainly and directly because that's what gives credibility to your words today.
- It shows the insufficiency of these concepts plainly enough, and thereby deters me from materialism.
- The context and the tone of what people are saying is essential to understand if they're being serious, ironic, or plainly kidding.
- To to put it plainly, I felt like it was a magical experience to grow a human in my body and it was on the outside.
Examples
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No, it's hard to put it more plainly than that.
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But the instructions are plainly written.
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That is plainly not possible!
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I could hear them as plainly and clearly as I can hear you now.
Fiction book (1992) -
You ask plainly, so I will tell you plainly.
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And though the numbers are coming down sharply now, there is plainly much more to be done.
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Evidence plainly indicates that he killed her.
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You may genuinely be unaware of this... but I can see quite plainly that you are in love with this woman.
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The headings of these talks indicate rather plainly the subjects that were discussed.
Academic text (1995) -
I mean, we've seen how successful Trump has been simply by speaking plainly and sensibly and common sense about this.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In a way that is easy to see or understand
185
3.5
It is clear from facts or signs
146
3.9
A person uses clear, direct words so there is no doubt
110
1.0
You do this in a plain way without extra things
76
3.2
In a way that is clear and easy to notice
37
6.9
In a clear way that leaves no doubt
35
6.5
In a clear, certain way without any doubt
33
4.4
In a way that is for a clear, specific purpose
25
5.6
Clearly easy to see or understand
13
4.1
In a very clear way that people cannot mistake
9
5.6
In a way that is very clear to everyone
9
5.5
Clearly so people understand it in only one way
8
1.0
In a way that is easy to hear or understand
5
3.9
In a clear way people can easily understand
5
3.9
In a clear, honest way without hiding anything
1
4.0
In a clear, simple way that others can understand
1
4.9
In a clear and easy way that people can understand
1
3.7
Easy to understand without extra details
In a clear, simple way that people can understand
Clearly so people can understand it
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Plainly comes from plain, which comes from the old Latin planus meaning 'flat' or 'clear'. Imagine a flat surface with nothing hiding on it — that picture helps: to say something plainly is to say it 'clearly' and 'unmistakably'.