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† ˈplatly, adv. Obs. [f. plat a. + -ly2.] In a plat manner; flatly, bluntly, plainly, directly.
c1374Chaucer Troylus iii. 737 (786) This Troylus right platly for to seyn Is þurgh a goter, by a preuy wente Into my chambre ycome. c1386― Pars. T. ⁋948 Þou must tell it platly be it neuer so foul ne so horrible. c1407Lydg. Reson & Sens. 1480 For ther is platly non that may Disobey[e]n hir byddyng. 1549Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. vi. Wks. (Parker Soc.) I. 325 A great number, that say, not platly and plainly, ‘there is no God’; but by certain circumlocutions and paraphrases. 1567Turberv. Ovid's Epist. 26 b, Of so noble fame, as platly doth appeare. |