As if and Plainly

As if

As if conjunction - The way it would be or one would do if.
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Plainly and as if are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plainly" instead an adverb phrase "As if".

Plainly

Plainly adverb - In an honest and direct manner.

As if and plainly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "As if" instead an adverb "Plainly".

Nearby Words: plain, plainness

Both terms in one sentence

  • Insignificant Little Blue Planet Can provoke Fridge Logic when aliens who plainly evolved in an environment similar to Earth call it this—as if their homeworlds were any different.
  • New Old West Though it takes place in Japan in The '70s, with modern technology plainly visible, the characters all dress and act as if they were in The Wild West.
    Source: New Old West
  • Boss Subtitles Averted right at the end of Ocarina of Time when the final boss rears up in front of you and the bold letters plainly and simply state "GANON", as if the game itself were incapable of describing the horrendous monster in front of you as anything else.
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