plainly

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')
  2. adverb in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment

Etymology

From Middle English playnly, pleinly, pleyneliche, equivalent to plain + -ly.

In classic literature

Synonyms

obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plain

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