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# plainly

«plainly» in Mova's school dictionary: **easy to see, hear or understand** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (plainly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Plainly means clearly, so that it is easy to see, hear or understand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#m1)

2) Plainly means simply, without decoration. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#m2)

3) Plainly means honestly and directly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: "She was plainly upset." In writing: speak or write plainly so others understand. Phrases: plainly visible, plainly dressed, put plainly, quite plainly.

### examples

- He was plainly tired after the long walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x1)
- The answer is plainly written on the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x2)
- The room was plainly decorated with white walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x3)
- To put it plainly, you need to try harder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x4)
- The top of the mountain was plainly visible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x5)
- She spoke plainly about the problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x6)
- I can remember them quite plainly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/#x7)

### note

From plain (clear, simple). Do not confuse with "plane" (aircraft or flat surface). Similar: clearly, obviously, simply.

### In the corpora

- [People feel embarrassed to say these plainly, so they use soft or funny words instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/1/)
- [War means killing and destruction, and the people who start or run wars often do not want to say that plainly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/0/)
- [Drinking too much alcohol and taking drugs can harm people, and talking about it plainly can feel embarrassing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/0/)
- [And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.707/)
- [The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.664/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «plainly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plainly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.