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Meaning
Adv
●
In a
plain
manner
;
simply
; basically.
●
Obviously; clearly.
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Origin
plainly
English
-ly
English
-lice
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-ly
Middle English (1100-1500)
plain
English
plain
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
planum
Latin
planus
Latin
πλάνος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
plenus
Latin
plainer
Anglo-Norman
pleyn
English
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Expressly
Unambiguously
Explicitly
Obviously
Clearly
Glaringly
Evidently
Noticeably
Candidly
Related
Straightforwardly
Bluntly
Blatantly
Baldly
Succinctly
Factually
Eloquently
Emphatically
Manifestly
Patently
Definitively
Aptly
Unequivocally
Convincingly
Concisely
Persuasively
Powerfully
Simply
Openly
Unmistakably
Unquestionably
Sensibly
Thusly
Frankly
Vaguely
Precisely
Categorically
Visibly
Authoritatively
Legitimately
Outwardly
Unreservedly
Genuinely
Fundamentally
Vividly
Rightly
Uninhibitedly
Firmly
Profoundly
Honestly
Logically
Likewise
Concretely
Ordinarily
Fittingly
Reliably
Conclusively
Dependably
Conceivably
Viably
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