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Plainness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Plainness is a noun meaning (uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses).

Meaning

(uncountable) The condition of being plain (in all senses).

More Meanings

  1. (countable) The product or result of being plain

Example Sentences

Thy plainness moves me more than eloquence And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!
Yet her beauty clung to her like an identity she was trying to deny and her plainness kept slipping like a bad disguise.

Word Forms

Synonyms for plainness

Depending on context, synonyms include normalcy, normality, normalness, perspicuity, homeliness, perspicuousness.

normalcynormalitynormalnessperspicuityhomelinessperspicuousness

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include perspicuousness, perspicuity, homeliness, unplainness, planeness, plainspokenness.

perspicuousnessperspicuityhomelinessunplainnessplanenessplainspokennessflatnessplatitudeblandnesssimplicitynondescriptnessuncomplicatednessplatnesssparsenessclearnessplacenesssimplenessplanarityinsipidityunpureness

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