plainly

1 in an honest and direct manner you'll have to tell your relatives very plainly that you don't like perfume, or they'll keep giving it to you Synonyms of plainly directly, forthrightly, foursquare, plain, straightforward, straight, straightforwardlyWords Related to plainly baldly, bluffly, candidly, frankly, honestly, openheartedly, openly, unguardedly, unreservedly; artlessly, earnestly, simply, sincerely; abruptly, bluntly, brusquely, curtly, gruffly, point-blank, sharply; impolitely, inconsiderately, rudely, tactlessly; truthfully, veraciouslyNear Antonyms of plainly long-windedly, verbosely, wordily; civilly, courteously, diplomatically, politely, tactfully; deceitfully, mendaciously, untruthfully; erroneously, fallaciously, falsely, hypocritically, insincerely; ambiguously, circuitously, equivocally, evasively, indirectly

2 without any question your wife is plainly upset that you didn't invite her to the game with us Synonyms of plainly all right, alright, assuredly, certainly, clearly, definitely, doubtless, easily, forsooth, hands down, inarguably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, indisputably, indeed, really, so, sure, surely, truly, unarguably, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionablyWords Related to plainly conceivably, likely, perhaps, possibly, probably; obviously, unmistakably