plainness

plainness
noun
1. the state of being unmixed with other material
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the plainness of vanilla ice cream

• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain
• Hypernyms: ↑purity, ↑pureness
2. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain, ↑perspicuous (for: ↑perspicuousness), ↑perspicuous (for: ↑perspicuity)
• Hypernyms: ↑clarity, ↑lucidity, ↑lucidness, ↑pellucidity, ↑clearness, ↑limpidity
3. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
• Derivationally related forms: ↑plain
• Hypernyms: ↑appearance, ↑visual aspect
• Hyponyms:
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

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