"plain and simple" meaning in English

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        "Clearly, without any doubt or complexity."
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "without any doubt",
          "word": "bell'e buono"
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          "sense": "without any doubt",
          "word": "straight"
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          "sense": "without any doubt",
          "word": "simple y llanamente"
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          "sense": "without any doubt",
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