plain

(plān)

adj. plain·er, plain·est

1. Free from obstructions; open; clear: in plain view.

2. Obvious to the perception or mind; evident: make one's intention plain. See Synonyms at apparent.

a. Not elaborate or complicated; simple: plain food.

b. Marked by little or no ornamentation or decoration: plain garb.

c. Straightforward; frank or candid: plain talk.

d. Not pretentious; unaffected.

e. Lacking beauty or distinction: a plain face.

4. Not mixed with other substances; pure: plain water.

5. Common in rank or station; average; ordinary: a plain man.

6. Not dyed, twilled, or patterned: a plain fabric.

7. Sheer; utter; unqualified: plain stupidity.

8. Archaic Having no visible elevation or depression; flat; level.

a. often plains An extensive, level, usually treeless area of land.

b. A broad level expanse, as a part of the sea floor or a lunar mare.

2. Something free of ornamentation or extraneous matter.

adv. Informal

Clearly; simply: plain stubborn.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin plānus; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

plain′ly adv.

plain′ness n.

Synonyms: plain, modest, simple, unpretentious
These adjectives mean not ornate, ostentatious, or showy: a plain hairstyle; a modest cottage; a simple dark suit; an unpretentious country church.

Antonym: ornate

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	plainness - the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream" pureness, purity - being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
	2.	plainness - clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous perspicuity, perspicuousness clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity - free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
	3.	plainness - the appearance of being plain and unpretentious appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing chasteness, simpleness, simplicity, restraint - lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" austereness, severeness, severity - extreme plainness starkness, bareness - an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation; "I was struck by the starkness of my father's room"
	4.	plainness - an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" homeliness appearance, visual aspect - outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

plainness

noun

1. The quality of being clear and easy to perceive or understand:

clarity, clearness, distinctness, limpidity, limpidness, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, pellucidness, perspicuity, perspicuousness.

2. Lack of ostentation or pretension:

modesty, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness.

Translations

وُضوح، سُهولَه، صَراحَه

jasnostjednoduchost

almindelighed

Einfachheit Klarheit

simplicité

einfaldleiki

chiarezza semplicit...

açıklık

坦诚

plainness

[ˈpleɪnnɪs] N

1. (= clarity) → claridad f; (= frankness) → franqueza f; (= simplicity) → sencillez f

2. (= unattractiveness) → falta f de atractivo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

plainness

[ˈpleɪnnɪs] n → simplicité fplain speaking n → franc-parler m
She has a reputation for plain speaking → Elle est bien connue pour son franc-parler.plain-spoken plainspoken [ˌpleɪnˈspəʊkən] adj (= frank) [person] → au franc-parler

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

plainness

(= frankness, straightforwardness) → Direktheit f, → Offenheit f

(= simplicity) → Einfachheit f

(= lack of beauty) → Unansehnlichkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

plainness

[ˈpleɪnnɪs] n (simplicity) → semplicità; (lack of beauty) → insignificanza

plain

(plein) adjective

1. simple or ordinary; without ornament or decoration. plain living; good, plain food.

2. easy to understand; clear. His words were quite plain.

3. absolutely open or honest, with no attempt to be tactful. I'll be quite plain with you; plain speaking.

4. obvious. It's plain (to see) you haven't been practising your music.

5. not pretty. a rather plain girl.

noun

1. a large flat level piece of land. the plains of central Canada.

2. a kind of knitting stitch.

ˈplainly adverb

ˈplainness noun

plain chocolate

dark chocolate not containing milk.

plain clothes ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; adjective (etc)

a plain-clothes job.

plain sailing

progress without difficulty.

ˌplain-ˈspoken adjective

speaking honestly and candidly, not trying to be tactful. She is a very plain-spoken person who always says what she means.

in plain English

in simple words; clearly expressed. Would you mind explaining it in plain English?