On the face of it
On the face of it adverb - From appearances alone.
Plainly and on the face of it are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plainly" instead an adverb phrase "On the face of it".
Plainly
Plainly adverb - In an honest and direct manner.
On the face of it and plainly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "On the face of it" instead an adverb "Plainly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- apparently and on the face of it
- apparently and plainly
- utterly and on the face of it
- utterly and plainly
- perceptibly and on the face of it
- perceptibly and plainly
- clearly and on the face of it
- clearly and plainly
- expressly and on the face of it
- expressly and plainly
- doubtless and on the face of it
- doubtless and plainly
- ostensibly and on the face of it
- ostensibly and plainly
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