plainly

Adverb
  1. Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') (synset 400039730)
    "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"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    same as: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain
  2. In a simple manner;
    Without extravagance or embellishment (synset 400005436)
    "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
    same as: simply

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