- plainness
- noun see plain III
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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 — 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
