Flat, level.
The word "plain" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it as an adjective to describe something that is not showy or elaborate, as in: She wore a plain white dress to the party.
To try to close down that debate prematurely is both arrogant and plain wrong".
For the first 12 years it was the plain old Terry Wogan Show and you were all Twits, the Terry Wogan is Tops Society.
Sadly, cricketing suicides are not rare, as David Frith's book Silence of the Heart makes plain.
As I met world leaders at the G20 in Brisbane, the problems were plain to see.
Yet there is the competitor's relish for the challenges ahead and it is plain that Arsenal has got under his skin.
There can be no ifs or buts – it must be condemned plain and simple".
The boy, plain and simple, is a tyrant.
Thanks to Ludwig my first paper got accepted! The editor wrote me that my manuscript was well-written
Listya Utami K.
PhD Student in Biology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia