noun
1. the state of being unmixed with other material
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the plainness of vanilla ice cream
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain
2. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
• Syn: ↑perspicuity, ↑perspicuousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain, ↑perspicuous (for: ↑perspicuousness), ↑perspicuous (for: ↑perspicuity)
3. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain
• Hypernyms: ↑appearance, ↑visual aspect
• Hyponyms:
↑chasteness, ↑restraint, ↑simplicity, ↑simpleness, ↑austereness, ↑severity, ↑severeness, ↑bareness, ↑starkness
4. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
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fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness
• Syn: ↑homeliness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain, ↑homely (for: ↑homeliness)
• Hypernyms: ↑appearance, ↑visual aspect
Useful english dictionary. 2012.