Plainly vs Willingly - What's the difference?
plainly | willingly | Related terms |
In a plain manner; simply; basically.
Obviously; clearly.
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, 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.}}
Of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.
* 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 29.
Plainly is a related term of willingly.
As adverbs the difference between plainly and willingly
is that plainly is in a plain manner; simply; basically while willingly is of one’s own free will; freely and spontaneously.plainly
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Adverb
(en-adv)willingly
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Adverb
(en-adv)- Now this is a process of the mind or thought, of which I would willingly know the foundation.