Associations to the word «Plainly»

Wiktionary

PLAINLY, adverb. In a plain manner; simply; basically.
PLAINLY, adverb. Obviously; clearly.

Dictionary definition

PLAINLY, adverb. 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".
PLAINLY, adverb. In a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats