English-French translations for plainly

• clairement
  Et cela, il faut le dire très clairement. This needs to be said very plainly.
  Je le dirai clairement: elle est déplorable.I say that quite plainly: it is pathetic.
  Les chiffres du chômage en Europe le montrent clairement. The unemployment figures for Europe show this plainly.
• discrètement
• simplement
  La note octroyée par le rapport est tout simplement impitoyable. The mark on its report card is quite plainly devastating.
  Pour dire les choses simplement, dans le marché unique, elle ne l'est pas et ne doit pas l'être. Plainly, in the single market it is not and should not be.
  Le Fonds européen pour la pêche ne dispose tout simplement pas de suffisamment de moyens pour couvrir des pertes aussi grandes. The European Fisheries Fund plainly does not have sufficient means to deal with such large losses.
• strictement

Definition of plainly

• In a plain manner; simply; basically
• Obviously; clearly

Examples

• She decorated the room plainly but neatly
• You will see that ours is plainly the better method

Related words

• plain
• explain
• plaintiff
• complain
• complaint
• chaplain
• complaining
• plainness
• explainable
• peneplain