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▪ I. plainly, adv.1|ˈpleɪnlɪ|
[f. plain a.1 + -ly2.]
1. In a clear or distinct manner; so as to be clearly seen, heard, perceived, or understood.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxvi. (Baptista) 291 Þat he wes criste he nyt planly. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 64 Hire chere is pleynly sprad in the brightnesse Of the sonne. 1460Cal. Anc. Rec. Dublin (1889) I. 306 As in the sayd chartre more playnly hit ys expressed. 1526Tindale John xvi. 29 Loo, nowe speakest thou playnly, and thou vsest no proverbe. 1692E. Walker Epictetus' Mor. xi, Too plainly is your selfish Folly shewn. 1797–1803Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. (1846) I. 230 Cannot yet articulate plainly. 1867Shedd Homiletics iii. 58 He should constantly strive to exhibit his thoughts plainly.
2. With clear perception by the senses or mind; clearly; distinctly.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 223 (272) Þey kan not pleynly vnderstonde. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxxii. (1869) 42 As thow shalt see pleynliche whan thow hast rad Genesis. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 231 b, He was sodenly murdered with a gonne, whiche of the neighbors was playnly hard. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xii. 58 That you may the plainlier vnderstand it. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 257, I saw plainly..that I was wrong. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. i. 5 The evidences of pressure could be plainly traced.
3. Qualifying the statement made: Evidently, manifestly.
1382Wyclif Jer. x. 19 Pleynli this myn infirmyte is, and Y shal bern it. 1444Rolls of Parlt. V. 107/2 That than such Juge or Juges..have pleynly power and auctorite. 1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons Ded. 9 b, That they haue plainlie kept and conuerted..a great part thereof to their owne vses. 1664Evelyn Sylva (1776) 287 These [buried] Trees..were found plainly to have been cut off by the Kerf. 1736Butler Anal. i. iii. Wks. 1874 I. 69 Such a Kingdom..would plainly be superior to all others. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) II. ii. 20 Plainly it would fare ill with any man upon whom the public anger might light.
†4. In an open or public manner; openly, publicly. Obs.
13..Seuyn Sag. (W.) 3297 The knight gan playnly with hir pas Vntil sho in hir chamber was. 1375Barbour Bruce ix. 512 Quhen thai herd of the cummyng Off schir Eduard, that so planly Our-raid the land. 14..in Hist. Coll. Citizen London (Camden) 96 On the next day was the Parlement playnely be-gunne. 1565Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 380 Diverse..personis hes nocht abstenit planelie to pas and repas.
5. Without concealment, disguise, or reserve; openly, candidly, frankly.
c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 72 If pleynly speke I shal. c1400Rom. Rose 2878 And what she is he loveth so To thee pleynly he shal undo, Withoute drede of any shame. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII 56 He would after an humble fassion plainly reprehende the King. 1646J. Whitaker Uzziah 22 The fewnesse of those that have..courage to deal plainly. 1710Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to W. Montagu 14 Nov., I have tried to write plainly. I know not what one can say more upon paper. 1862Trollope Orley F. xvi, Mr. Aram, could he have been induced to speak out his mind plainly, would have expressed, probably, a different opinion.
6. With simplicity or frugality; without ornament or embellishment; without luxury.
1562Mountgomery in Archæologia XLVII. 216 Which..I haue rudely written and plainely penned. 1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 102 They couet to liue simply and plainly. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre vii, The hair to be arranged closely, modestly, plainly. 1902Buchan Watcher by Threshold 289, I suppose he lives very plainly.
†7. Entirely, completely, absolutely, quite. (Perh. belongs to next: cf. plain adv. 6.) Obs.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 123 It surmountede pleynly alle odours. 1535Coverdale 2 Sam. v. 6 They thoughte planely, that Dauid shulde not come in. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 530 The kindred of the mothers side, for to saue her honesty, it plainely denied.
▪ II. † ˈplainly, adv.2 Obs.
In 4–5 pleyn-, plein-, plen-.
[f. plain a.2 + -ly2.]
Fully.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 211 Of þis matire loke wiþ ynne more pleynliche after þe batayle of Troy. 1418Abp. Chichele in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. I. 5 Towchyng al odr things, I wot wel..your brother sendyth to ȝu pleynlych. 1442Rolls of Parlt. V. 58/1 To have, holde, and enjoye hem,..as pleynly, hoolly, and in the same maner..as youre seide Fadir hadde and helde hem. 1459Paston Lett. I. 499 As the bringer here of shall more pleinly declare yow. 1469Bury Wills (Camden) 45, I wyll that myn detts be plenly paied. |