Plainly

/ˈpleɪnli/

Synonyms for "plainly" (189 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Adverb(7 words)

evidently obviously simply apparently austerely baldly clearly

above-boardall joking asidealone aloud apparently apprehensibly articulately artlessly audibly barely bluffly bluntly broadly brusquely candidly casually clearly

Noun(10 words)

arerebreak throughclear design systemclear explanationclear expressionclear imageclear scientific representationclearly assertclearly defined purposeclearly evidenced

Adjective(3 words)

childlyclear blendclear educational value

Verb(1 words)

clear up confusion

Strong matches (57)

Noun(12 words)

clearly labeledevidently trueflat color paintgo straightin simple languageleast complex life formmore signal amendment intentmore unembellishedmore unmistakablemore unornamentedmore unremarkablemost directly

coherently commonly commonplacely comprehensibly conspicuously definitely directly discernibly distinctlyen familleevidently exclusively explicitly expressly familiarly flat frankly freely genuinely glaringly

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guilelessly honestlyin all consciencein all seriousnessin plain englishin plain termsin plain wordsinformally ingenuously intelligibly just limpidly lucidly manifestly markedlymatter-of-factlymerely

Adverb(6 words)

directly easily frumpishly manifestlymore natural languagemost distinctive person

Adverb(1 words)

explicitly

Verb(1 words)

express clearly

Related words (94)

Determiner(2 words)

most everydaymost ground level

Noun(9 words)

most evidentmost plain-languagemost readablemost unadornedmost unembellishedsimply wordedstate clearlytalk clearlywrite clearly

Adverb(13 words)

most unicellular organismmost usable itemnonmathematically overtly patently plain prosilypublicly funded programsspartanly squarely transparently tshirtily unembellishedly

naturally noticeably observably obviously offhand offhandedly only openheartedly openly ordinarily ostensibly outout loudoutright outspokenly palpably patently pellucidly perceivably perceptibly

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perspicuously plain-spokenlypoint blankpoint-blank prominently pronouncedly prosaically purely recognizably relaxedly roundlysans ceremonieseeably severely shoulder simplysimply and solelysincerely singly solely staringly stark starkly straight straightforwardlyto the pointunaffectedly unambiguously unassumingly unceremoniously unconcealedly unconstrainedly understandably undisguisedly unequivocally unmistakably unofficially unreservedly unrestrainedly visiblywith claritywith no nonsensewithout ceremony

Adverb(2 words)

obviously unambiguously

Adjective(4 words)

outrightplain color patternstarkest unembellished

Verb(1 words)

set out facts

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adverb of manner

More specific

6 entries

clearly directly evidently explicitly obviously simply

Collocations

5 entries

plainly evidentplainly explainedplainly obviousplainly statedplainly written

Derivations

2 entries

plain plainness

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

So that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.

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They were plainly dressed.

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She plainly interpreted Picasso's paintings to me.

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And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.

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