Plainly

Pronunciation

Origin

plain + -ly

Full definition of plainly

Adverb

1. In a plain manner; simply; basically.
   She decorated the room plainly but neatly.
2. Obviously; clearly.
• 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 1, The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
3. You will see that ours is plainly the better method.