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Plainly vs Explicitly - What's the difference?

plainly | explicitly | Synonyms |

Plainly is a synonym of explicitly.


As adverbs the difference between plainly and explicitly

is that plainly is in a plain manner; simply; basically while explicitly is in an explicit manner.

plainly

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • In a plain manner; simply; basically.
  • Obviously; clearly.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=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.}}

    explicitly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an explicit manner.
  • *
  • Antonyms

    * implicitly