PLICATELY Antonyms

• divisible by two

• being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with)

• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

• used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected

• in spite of; notwithstanding

• to a greater degree or extent; used with comparisons

• to the full extent

• equal in degree or extent or amount; or equally matched or balanced

• symmetrically arranged

• occurring at fixed intervals

• of the score in a contest

• make level or straight

• become even or more even

• make even or more even

• lacking contrast or shading between tones

• (of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a level tract of land

• a shallow box in which seedlings are started

• a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named

• freight car without permanent sides or roof

• a deflated pneumatic tire

• scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• with flat sails

• in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness

• not modified or restricted by reservations

• stretched out and lying at full length along the ground

• flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

• lacking taste or flavor or tang

• lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

• having lost effervescence

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

• horizontally level

• lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth

• not reflecting light; not glossy

• commercially inactive

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment

• with no problems or difficulties

• in a smooth and diplomatic manner

• at a steady rate or pace

• in a steady manner

• marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence

• (of farmland) not plowed

• (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

• not broken; whole and intact; in one piece

• not subdued or trained for service or use

• not twisted; formerly twisted but now straight