| Definition of 'plainly' |
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1. (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"
2. (adverb) plainly, simply
in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
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1. (adverb) plainly
in a way that is easy to see or understand; = clearly
I could see the man plainly from where I stood.; Plainly, this situation is not getting any better.
2. plainly
in a completely honest way, not hiding anything
Garrett spoke plainly about the difficulties they face.
3. plainly
without decoration
a plainly dressed woman
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| Definition of 'plainly' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) plainly
in a plain manner; clearly
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Sense: a kind of knitting stitch.
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 Afrikaans: duidelik |
 Arabic: بِوُضوح، بِصَراحَه |
 Bulgarian: просто |
 Brazilian: claramente |
 Czech: prostě; jasně |
 German: einfach |
 Danish: enkelt |
 Greek: απλά, ξεκάθαρα |
 Spanish: sencillamente; claramente |
 Estonian: selgelt |
 Farsi: به سادگی؛ صریحاً |
 Finnish: selvästi |
 French: simplement; clairement |
 Hebrew: בְּבֵרוּר |
 Hindi: स्पष्ट रूप से |
 Croatian: očito, iskreno |
 Hungarian: világosan; őszintén, nyíl |
 Indonesian: dengan jelas |
 Icelandic: einfaldlega |
 Italian: semplicemente, chiarament |
 Japanese: 明白に |
 Korean: 소박하게, 순수하게, 분명하게 |
 Lithuanian: paprastai, aiškiai |
 Latvian: vienkārši; saprotami; atk |
 Malay: dgn jelas |
 Dutch: eenvoudig, duidelijk, eer |
 Norwegian: klart, oppriktig |
 Polish: prosto, szczerze, w zrozu |
 Persian: به سادگی؛ صریحاً |
 Pashto: په ساده ګى سره، په صراحت |
 Portuguese: claramente |
 Romanian: (în mod) simplu/clar |
 Russian: ясно; просто;прямо |
 Slovak: otvorene, jasne |
 Slovenian: preprosto |
 Serbian: jasno |
 Swedish: enkelt, vanligt |
 Thai: อย่างเรียบง่าย |
 Turkish: açıkça |
 Taiwanese: 坦誠地 |
 Ukrainian: прямо, відверто |
 Urdu: وضاحت سے |
 Vietnamese: một cách rõ ràng |
 Chinese: 坦诚地 |
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