Hey everyone! 👋 I built Plainly because I kept hitting the same wall: look up a word, and the definition uses two other words I also don't know. Circular dictionary definitions have bugged me for years, so I finally sat down and built the dictionary I actually wanted. Every word gets a plain-English definition, an example sentence, pronunciation, and an "in other words" line for when even the plain definition needs simplifying further. There's also a "not to be confused with" section for words people constantly mix up (e.g. illicit/elicit). It's free, no accounts needed. There's an API too if you want plain-English definitions in your own project, just curl it, no signup required. Still early, and I'm actively working on a browser extension right now. Two things I'd love to know: - What word breaks it? Send me your hardest ones. - Would people want higher API limits? Trying to figure out if it's worth building accounts for that. Thanks for checking it out! 🙏

Plainly

A dictionary that finally explains words in plain English

A dictionary that finally explains words in plain English