plainly
明显地,明显,明确地,明明是
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Definitions
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plain·er, plain·est.
- : clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- : clear to the mind; evident, manifest, or obvious: to make one's meaning plain.
- : conveying the meaning clearly and simply; easily understood: plain talk.
- : downright; sheer; utter; self-evident: plain folly; plain stupidity.
- : free from ambiguity or evasion; candid; outspoken: the plain truth of the matter.
- : without special pretensions, superiority, elegance, etc.; ordinary: plain people.
- : not beautiful; physically unattractive or undistinguished: a plain face.
- : without intricacies or difficulties.
- : ordinary, simple, or unostentatious: Although she was a duchess, her manners were attractively plain.
- : with little or no embellishment, decoration, or enhancing elaboration: a plain blue suit.
- : without a pattern, figure, or device: a plain fabric.
- : not rich, highly seasoned, or elaborately prepared, as food: a plain diet.
- : flat or level: plain country.
- : unobstructed, clear, or open, as ground, a space, etc.
- : Cards. being other than a face card or a trump.
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- : clearly and simply: He's just plain stupid.
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- : an area of land not significantly higher than adjacent areas and with relatively minor differences in elevation, commonly less than 500 feet, within the area.
- : The Plains. Great Plains.
Phrases
- plain as day
- plain sailing
- in plain English
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
These microbes had been living beneath a vast, flat, sediment-covered plain.
If I’m rolling into a Starbucks, in plain sight of lots of foot traffic, and the rack’s right out front, my odds are decent this is enough deterrent to ward off the baddies.
One of the main challenges in curing cancer is that unlike foreign invaders, tumor cells are part of the body and so able to hide in plain sight.
In the US, for instance, the Food and Drug Administration approved chloroquine for treating covid-19, only to reverse itself weeks later after it became plain the drug didn’t work.
Researchers, led by microbiologist Yuki Morono of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Kochi, examined sediments collected in 2010 from part of the abyssal plain beneath the South Pacific Gyre.
Yet, much like the fate that fell the first season, ratings just plain weren't good.
Thanks to the Atlanta case, they can now see another in plain sight.
Because holy hell was that bland, unfunny, uncomfortable, and just plain confusing.
It is already well known that there are oilrigs disguised in plain sight all over the city.
A report by the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes balloons being released into the night sky.
But what a magnificent plain is this we are entering upon: it is of immense extent.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
Here there is no question of emergency, or enemy pressure, or of haste; so much we see plain enough with our own eyes.