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plainness
 
Noun plainness has 4 senses
  1. plainness - the state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"
    --1 is a kind of     purity, pureness
  2. perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness - clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
    --2 is a kind of clarity, lucidity, pellucidity, clearness, limpidity
  3. plainness - the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
    --3 is a kind of     appearance, visual aspect
    --3 has particulars:
     chasteness, restraint, simplicity; austereness, severeness; bareness, starkness
  4. homeliness, plainness - an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
    --4 is a kind of appearance, visual aspect
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