1. (verb)
complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
2. (adverb)
obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
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"
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Definition of 'plain'
