Results

Definition of plainness : The quality or state of being plain.

Synonyms:

limpidity, simpleness, dowdiness, limpidness, lucidness, perspicuousness, unostentatiousness, clear, plain, pellucidity, pellucidness, drabness

crispness, coherence, lucidity, intelligibility, legibility, perspicuity, comprehensibility, consistency, understandability

insipidity, tastelessness, banality, weakness, staleness, flatness, blandness, vapidity, mildness, unsavoriness

narrative, anecdote, chronicle, account, epic, plot, legend, retelling, fiction, myth, reminiscence, novella, reading matter, prosaicness, romance, episode, tale, recount, storyline, saga, parable, story, prose, short story, fable, serial, novel, allegory, yarn, scenario

baldness, spareness, clarity, refinement, crystallinity, innocence, terseness, simplicity, purity, singleness, austerity, bareness, chastity

disagreeableness, ugliness, hideousness, repugnant, homeliness, inelegance, unsightliness, repulsiveness, odiousness, shapelessness, abhorrence, displeasingness, grotesqueness

honesty, unsophistication, sincerity, naturalness, un-artificiality, candor, artlessness, openness, directness, bluntness, plain-spokenness, callowness, frankness, broadness, trust, unaffectedness, unartfulness, candidness, straightforwardness, naivete, genuineness

meekness, humbleness, unobtrusiveness, selflessness, unassumingness, sheepishness, humility, submissiveness, modesty, contrition, unpretentiousness

distinctness, apparentness, observability, evidence, manifestation, perceptibility, clearness, discernibility, visibility

Usage examples:

• There certainly can be no doubt that its force is amazingly assisted by its plainness and simplicity of language. - "The History of "Punch"", M. H. Spielmann.
• His smile not only broke up the plainness of his face, but seemed to chase away a serious shadow, allowing his kindly, gentle spirit to shine through. - "The Spirit of the Border A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley", Zane Grey.
• It is of an evening, however, when concealment is no longer possible, that the native taste bursts forth, the Anglo- Saxon standing declared in all her plainness. - "Worldly Ways and Byways", Eliot Gregory.