What does plainly mean?
Plainly means In a plain manner; simply; basically..
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/ˈpleɪnli/ · adverb
In a plain manner; simply; basically..
She decorated the room plainly but neatly.
'Tell me plainly what you think of my daughter's little companion.'
You will see that ours is plainly the better method.
The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
Plainly he was prepared to bark out an interminable succession of charges against the Wanderer.
Use plainly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plainly means In a plain manner; simply; basically..
Common synonyms include expressly, unambiguously, obviously, plain.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She decorated the room plainly but neatly.
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