adverb
- Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'. )
- usage: "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
- synonyms: obviously, evidently, manifestly, apparently, plainly, plain
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