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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • from 20th c.
  • now|_|rare|regional Flat, level. from 14th c.
  • Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier). from 14th c.
  • Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, obvious, clear, unmistakable. from 14th c.
  • from 17th c.
  • Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt. from 14th c.
  • Not unusually beautiful; unattractive. from 17th c.
  • Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished. from 14th c.
  • Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary. from 16th c.

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Adverb:

  • colloquial Simply

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Noun:

  • An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
  • obsolete A plane.

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Verb:

  • now|_|rare|poetic To lament, bewail.

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