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plainness

Variant of plain

adjective

  1. Obsolete flat; level; plane
  2. free from obstructions; open; clear: in plain view
  3. clearly understood; evident; obvious: to make one's meaning plain
    1. outspoken; frank; straightforward: plain talk
    2. downright; thoroughgoing: plain nonsense
  4. not luxurious or ornate; unembellished: a plain coat
  5. not complicated; simple: plain sewing
  6. not good-looking; homely: a plain face
  7. not figured, dyed, or twilled: plain cloth
  8. pure; unmixed: plain soda
  9. not of high rank or position; such as characterizes the common people; ordinary: a plain man

noun

an extent of level country

adverb

clearly or simply: just plain tired

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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