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plainness

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: plainness

1
 n
the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
2
 n
the state of being unmixed with other material
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: plainness
1

n the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

Types:
chasteness, restraint, simpleness, simplicity
lack of ornamentation
austereness, severeness, severity
extreme plainness
bareness, starkness
an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
Type of:
appearance, visual aspect
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

n an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

Synonyms:
homeliness
Type of:
appearance, visual aspect
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
2

n the state of being unmixed with other material

“the plainness of vanilla ice cream”
Type of:
pureness, purity
being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material

n clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

Synonyms:
perspicuity, perspicuousness
Type of:
clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity
free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
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