HOW TO PRONOUNCE
plainly
/ˈpleɪnli/
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What does plainly mean?
adverb
- In a plain manner; simply; basically.
- Obviously; clearly.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈpleɪnli/
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Even as good shone upon the countenance of the one, evil was written broadly and plainly on the face of the other.
Mary had not known that she herself had been spoiled, but she could see quite plainly that this mysterious boy had been.
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In the case of my misguided aunt, the form which pious perseverance was next to take revealed itself to me plainly enough.
Resentment could not have been more plainly spoken than in a civility to her father, from which she was so pointedly excluded.
All these were left to the two old servants, especially to the butler, who was plainly the central pillar of the house.