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" There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true."
Niels Bohr

Meaning of "plainly" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PLAINLY

ˈpleɪnlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAINLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plainly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PLAINLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plainly in the English dictionary

The first definition of plainly in the dictionary is you use `plainly' when stating something that you believe cannot be doubted or denied. `Plainly' is often used when you are trying to convince someone else that what you are saying is true. Other definition of plainly is you use `plainly' to indicate that something is easily seen, noticed, or recognized. Plainly is also if you say something plainly, you say it in a direct and honest way, without trying to hide the facts.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAINLY

arcanely · fainly · finely · gainly · genuinely · germanely · humanely · inanely · inhumanely · insanely · mainly · McKinley · mundanely · profanely · sanely · submontanely · thegnly · ungainly · urbanely · vainly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAINLY

plain yoghurt · plain-clothes · plain-laid · plain-spoken · plainant · plainchant · plainclothesman · plainclothesmen · plainful · plainish · plainness · plains · Plains Indian · Plains of Abraham · plainsman · plainsmen · plainsong · plainspokenness · plainstanes · plainstones

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAINLY

bumpkinly · certainly · commonly · cousinly · evenly · heavenly · humanly · if only · inly · manly · maudlinly · mistakenly · one and only · only · openly · read-only · suddenly · the only · uncertainly · virginly

Synonyms and antonyms of plainly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLAINLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plainly» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «plainly» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PLAINLY

Find out the translation of plainly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plainly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plainly» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

显而易见地
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

claramente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

plainly
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

स्पष्ट रूप से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بصراحة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

ясно
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

claramente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্পষ্টভাবে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

manifestement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dengan jelas
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

eindeutig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

明らかに
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

명백히
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Jelas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rõ ràng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவாக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्टपणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

açıkça
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

chiaramente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wyraźnie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ясно
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

clar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απλά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duidelik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tydelig
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAINLY»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plainly

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLAINLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plainly.
1
Benjamin Banneker
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.
2
Henri Bergson
I see plainly how external images influence the image that I call my body: they transmit movement to it.
3
Niels Bohr
There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true.
4
Joseph Butler
The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.
5
Alice Morse Earle
It is plainly evident that, in a country where land was to be had for the asking, fuel for the cutting, corn for the planting and harvesting, and game and fish for the least expenditure of labor, no man would long serve for another, and any system of reliable service indoors or afield must fail.
6
Dan Flavin
It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.
7
Robert Grosseteste
And you yourself always be seated at the middle fo the high table that your presence as lord or lady may appear openly to all, and that you may plainly see on either side all the service and all the faults.
8
Tom Holt
It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.
9
John Jay Hooker
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process.
10
Morton Hunt
Love is a quicksilver word; though you see plainly where it is, you have only to put your finger on it to find that it is not there but someplace else.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAINLY»

Discover the use of plainly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plainly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The "plainly Revealed" Word of God?: Baptist Hermeneutics in ...
Helen Dare is a graduate, of Regent's Park College (University of Oxford) and Cardiff University.
Helen Dare, Simon Patrick Woodman, 2011
2
Speak Plainly God
Originally I had planned on naming this book "Ninety Days to Glory.
Arden Christopherson, 2009
3
Amish life: living plainly and serving God
Beautiful color photographs--often surprising in their intimacy--capture the Amish way of life today.
Darryl Jones, 2005
4
Practical Mysticism: Plainly Cut 1922
Two Courses of Lectures given in London in March and April 1922.
Holden Edward Sampson, 2004
5
We Press Ourselves Plainly
' As grim as Beckett, as moral as Genet, as seductive as Duras--yet this book moves me like no other." -- Brian Teare
Nathalie Stephens, 2010
6
Constipation, Plainly Treated, and Relieved Without the Use ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Joseph F. Edwards, 2010
7
The Silver Question Plainly and Practically Considered...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Free-Trader (Pseud I E
8
Facts Plainly Stated: In Answer to a Pamphlet Entitled
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Hall John, 2009
9
Prayers Plainly Spoken
Originally prayed in Stanley Hauerwas's divinity school classroom on a variety of occasions, this collection of prayers not only displays an invigorating faith but demonstrates how Christians today can pray with all the passion of the ...
Stanley Hauerwas, 1999
10
Truths for the People: Or, Several Points in Theology, ...
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
William S. (William Swan) Plumer, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAINLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plainly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Knifeman who attacked former flatmate jailed for almost three years
“There was, from the number of injuries inflicted and the length of time the attack went on for, plainly the intention to cause more serious harm ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
2
5 things to know from this week's episode of True Detective: 'Church …
After a couple of vivid hallucinations that confirm (plainly but thankfully not explicitly) that she was molested as a child during one of her father's ... «For The Win, Jul 15»
3
Why Yakub Memon definitely deserves death penalty
The third is debilitated by the timing - asking for a ban just around the time a high profile hanging is upon us is plainly disingenuous and ... «DailyO, Jul 15»
4
Handover of registry didn't inspire confidence
Plainly people living near the south shore on Oahu have cause for additional worry, now that the revised tsunami evacuation zones have been ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jul 15»
5
Boy Scouts expected to end ban on gay scout leaders
"I must speak as plainly and bluntly to you as I spoke to presidents when I was director of CIA and secretary of defense," Gates told the scout ... «13newsnow.com, Jul 15»
6
Mr. Chairman, the president's clemency power is beyond dispute
The use of the pardon power “to benefit an entire class of offenders who were duly convicted in a court of law,” the letter asserts, is “plainly ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
7
Cruz Amendment Fight With Senate GOP Leadership Grows
... to attack them in personal terms and to impugn their character—in blatant disregard of Senate rules, which plainly prohibit such conduct.”. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»
8
Naidu slams Congress for disrupting Parliament when terror attack …
Later Congress tried to blame the Speaker. "(Mallikarjun) Kharge was told plainly that you cannot disrupt the House and also speak. You can't ... «IBNLive, Jul 15»
9
Ireland need a hero to take us through to Russia
They will probably expect to top the group, and yet they still plainly have a lot of work to do to marshal their obvious talent into a functional team ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
10
Bullish on Gold & Silver Bears? A Fistful of Ratios
Real estate in the world's most real-estate obsessed economy got down to that price twice, plainly marking gold as dear (and housing cheap) ... «BullionVault, Jul 15»
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