plainly
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
plainly
adv 1: 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" [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly},
{patently}, {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]
2: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
{plainly}, {simply}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "plainly":
all joking aside, alone, aloud, apparently, apprehensibly,
articulately, artlessly, audibly, barely, bluffly, bluntly,
broadly, brusquely, candidly, casually, clearly, coherently,
commonly, commonplacely, comprehensibly, conspicuously, definitely,
directly, discernibly, distinctly, en famille, evidently,
exclusively, explicitly, expressly, familiarly, frankly, genuinely,
glaringly, guilelessly, in all conscience, in all seriousness,
in plain English, in plain terms, in plain words, informally,
ingenuously, intelligibly, just, limpidly, lucidly, manifestly,
markedly, matter-of-factly, merely, naturally, noticeably,
observably, obviously, offhand, offhandedly, only, openheartedly,
openly, ordinarily, out, out loud, outspokenly, palpably, patently,
pellucidly, perceivably, perceptibly, perspicuously,
plain-spokenly, point-blank, prominently, pronouncedly,
prosaically, purely, recognizably, relaxedly, roundly,
sans ceremonie, seeably, simply, simply and solely, sincerely,
singly, solely, staringly, starkly, straightforwardly,
to the point, unaffectedly, unambiguously, unassumingly,
unceremoniously, unconcealedly, unconstrainedly, understandably,
undisguisedly, unequivocally, unmistakably, unofficially,
unreservedly, unrestrainedly, visibly, with clarity,
with no nonsense, without ceremony
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