plainly

Etymology

From Middle English playnly, pleinly, pleyneliche, equivalent to plain + -ly.

adv

1. In a plain manner; simply; basically.
   She decorated the room plainly but neatly.
   'Tell me plainly what you think of my daughter's little companion.' 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 95
2. Obviously; clearly.
   You will see that ours is plainly the better method.
   Plainly he was prepared to bark out an interminable succession of charges against the Wanderer. 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 3