Synonyms for plainly
plain·ly

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1. obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plainadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   plain, ostensibly, manifestly, patently, simply, seemingly, on the face of it, evidently, apparently, obviously

2. plainly, simplyadverb

   in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment

   "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"

   Synonyms:
   just, plain, but, manifestly, simply, patently, evidently, apparently, obviously, only, merely

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1. List of paraphrases for "plainly":

   clearly, bluntly, simply, frankly, openly, clear

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1. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   Plainly, this monster should not have been in our community, he shouldn't have been allowed into the country. He shouldn't have been out on bail. He shouldn’t have been with a gun and he shouldn’t have become radicalized.

2. Jack Schlossberg:

   Throughout his presidency, my grandfather made it clear that he alone could fix nothing; that he alone had no answers, he had the courage to plainly admit America’s shortcomings, to then lay out bold plans to address those problems and to ask his fellow Americans for help in solving them … he inspired a generation to enter public service and to ask what they could do for their country.

3. Rachel Bien:

   Many of the most abusive internships involving low-level tasks and grunt-type work are plainly illegal under this standard.

4. Ron Johnson:

   OPM says it has undertaken an aggressive effort to update its cybersecurity posture, plainly, it must do a better job, especially given the sensitive nature of the information it holds.

5. Russ Ingalls:

   Vermont was the first State in the nation to outlaw slavery. It’s already plainly in our Constitution that slavery is not allowed in our state, we have so many more important things to do [than] to defile our old important documents to change words that have already been clearly written. There is not one sane person that could so severely misinterpret the words of our constitution to make it read that Vermonters support slavery in any form. If it were to pass, it would not change anything other than a historic document that was so thoughtfully written over two hundred years ago.