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Meaning of plainly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  plainly
      adv 1: 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" [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly},
             {patently}, {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]
      2: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
         "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
         {plainly}, {simply}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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