1 in a way that is easy to see, hear, understand or believe
SYNCLEARLY:
The sea was plainly visible in the distance. * The lease plainly states that all damage must be paid for. * She had no right to interfere in what was plainly a family matter. * Plainly (= obviously) something was wrong.
2 using simple words to say sth in a direct and honest way:
He told her plainly that he thought she was making a big mistake. * To put it plainly, he's a crook.
3 in a simple way, without decoration:
She was plainly dressed and wore no make-up. * plainly cooked food
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for plainly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is plainly a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, plainly is tagged as adverb.
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