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plainly

ADVERB
clearly
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STRONGEST


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Aparna perceives Ashim more plainly than had they met elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The fish arrived at the table whole, head on, its sharp teeth still plainly visible.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

But invoking it when it is plainly pretextual does.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Should we tell them plainly that we can’t — and don’t want to — spend the way they do?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

For a minute he saw the four of them very plainly as they were a long time ago.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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