Synonyms:
obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain
Meaning: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "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"
Usage examples
I heard him plainly.
He said so to me, plainly.
The sounds arose more plainly.
She looked plainly distressed.
Confound you, speak more plainly."
"No; you see plainly he is not dead.
He could see plainly that she was not herself.
Mozart himself was plainly of another opinion.
The child was still too drowsy to hear plainly.
'There has plainly been a letter lost, manifestly.