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Meaning of plane | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1
[ˈpɫaː.neː]

Definitions

  1. plainly (to the senses or understanding), distinctly, intelligibly
  2. clearly, obviously; (also used as an affirmative answer)
  3. wholly, utterly, thoroughly, quite

Examples

“Nihil agis, nihil mōlīris, nihil cōgitās, quod nōn ego nōn modo audiam, sed etiam videam plānēque sentiam.”

[There is] nothing you do, nothing you attempt, nothing you plan, which I not only do not hear, but also can [not] see and clearly understand. (The adverb plane + the enclitic particle -que. Several of the definitions given here for plane are appropriate in this context: Cicero plainly, clearly, and fully understands what Catiline conspires against the republic.)

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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