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plainness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | homeliness |
| Type of | visual aspect, appearance |
| Derivation | plain |
plainness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | perspicuity, perspicuousness |
| Type of | pellucidity, clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness |
| Derivation | plain |
plainness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | appearance, visual aspect |
| Has types | starkness, austereness, simpleness, simplicity, restraint, severeness, severity, bareness, chasteness |
| Derivation | plain |
Examples of plainness
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Plainness does not mean the absence of all ornaments, only the more obvious ones.
From the en.wikipedia.org
As a combination, these features create that sense of deliberate external plainness.
From the smh.com.au
Lautner's models have lost their plainness, and somehow gained character and history.
From the guardian.co.uk
Striking in its plainness, this stand of trees stood about 20 feet tall.
From the post-gazette.com
Typically, Goode is self-effacing almost to the point of plainness.
From the timesunion.com
Such plainness always gives way to ironies, underminings, reversals.
From the sacbee.com
Among the Paths to Eden, by contrast, makes much of its plainness.
From the time.com
The interior spaces are vast, and sparse decoration emphasizes the plainness of the dining rooms.
From the events.nytimes.com
Instead of the studied, loaded plainness of her earlier work, we have authentically simple speech.
From the sacbee.com
- The state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
- Perspicuity: clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
- The appearance of being plain and unpretentious
- Homeliness: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
