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[ adverb ] unmistakably
Synonyms Examples "the answer is obviously wrong" "she was in bed and evidently in great pain" "it is all patently nonsense" "she has apparently been living here for some time" "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not" Used in print (Kenneth Hoffman and Ray Kunze, Linear Al...)The characteristic polynomial for A is * * f and this is plainly also the minimal polynomial for A ( or for T ) . (Brand Blanshard, "The Emotive Theory," Robert...)When we come_upon the rabbit and make our remark about its suffering being a bad thing , we presumably make it with some feeling ; the positivists are plainly right in saying that such remarks do usually express feeling . If we were asked why we thought so , we should say that these things involve great evil and are wrong , and that to take delight in what is evil or wrong is plainly unfitting . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)In defiance , a chinless reprobate , Jake_Camaret , marched down the aisle in St._Peter 's one Sunday morning , followed by one of the women from the Bordel , whose dress and walk plainly showed the lack of any shame . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)The model quite plainly thought Michelangelo crazy ; only the instructions from his rabbi kept him from bolting . |
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[ adverb ] in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment
Synonyms Examples "she was dressed plainly" "they lived very simply" Related terms |
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