plainness

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• Plainness — Plain ness, n. The quality or state of being plain. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• plainness — index honesty, informality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• Plainness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Plainness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 plainness plainness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 simplicity simplicity severity Sgm: N 1 plain terms plain terms plain English Sgm: N 1 Saxon English Saxon English Sgm: N …   English dictionary for students

• plainness — plain ► ADJECTIVE 1) not decorated or elaborate; simple or ordinary. 2) without a pattern; in only one colour. 3) unmarked; without identification. 4) easy to perceive or understand; clear. 5) (of language) clearly expressed; direct. 6) (of a… …   English terms dictionary

• plainness — noun 1. the state of being unmixed with other material the plainness of vanilla ice cream • Derivationally related forms: ↑plain • Hypernyms: ↑purity, ↑pureness 2. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous • Syn: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• plainness — noun see plain III …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• plainness — See plainly. * * * …   Universalium

• plainness — Synonyms and related words: Atticism, Bohemianism, accessibility, affability, apparentness, approachability, appropriateness, artlessness, atmospheric visibility, austerity, baldness, bareness, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• plainness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. The quality of being clear and easy to perceive or understand: clarity, clearness, distinctness, limpidity, limpidness, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, pellucidness, perspicuity, perspicuousness. See CLEAR. 2.… …   English dictionary for students

• plainness — plain·ness || pleɪnɪs n. simplicity, state of being unembellished, state of being unadorned …   English contemporary dictionary

• plainness — plain·ness …   English syllables