plainly Copy link Outline I. Without ornamentII. Clearly, intelligibly1. ăpertē2. plānē3. explĭcātē4. ēnucleātēIII. UnreservedlyIV. Without variety of diet • plainly: I. Without ornament: Phr. to dress p., *modice vestiri; nullis vestitus munditiis uti; the temples of these deities should be p. built, his diis sine deliciis aedificia constitui decet, Vitr. 1, 2, 5: his house was very p. furnished, instrumenti et supellectilis summa erat parsimonia, cf. Suet. Aug. 73; *domus ejus nulla instrumenti supellectilisve magnificentia insignis. II. Clearly, intelligibly: 1. ăpertē: to speak p., a. loqui, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 24: Cic. 2. plānē: Join: plane et aperte loqui, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15. 3. explĭcātē: Cic. de Or. 3, 14, 53. 4. ēnucleātē: (of a speaker, who clears his subject of difficulties): Cic. Br. 30, 115. See also clearly, perspicuously. (For syn. v. plain, clear.) Phr to speak p. (not to indulge in mystification, ambages omittere, nulla circuitione uti, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, fin. III. Unreservedly: simplĭcĭter, ăpertē: v. plain (III., fin.). Phr.: to be p. and unmistakably refused, sine fuco et fallaciis negari, Cic. Att. 1, 1, init. See also frankly. IV. Without variety of diet: Phr.: to live p., simplici (vulgari) cibo uti: v. plain (IV.).