Plainness
['plennɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the appearance of being plain and unpretentious.
(noun.) the state of being unmixed with other material; 'the plainness of vanilla ice cream'.
Checker: Mandy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being plain.
Editor: Stanton
Examples
- We are obliged to you for the plainness with which you have spoken. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If Dr. Franklin did not aspire after the splendour of eloquence, it was only because the demonstrative plainness of his manner was superior to it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Whether—forgive my plainness—whether any great amount of confidence is likely to have been established between himself and his most worthy father. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Volumnia understands him perfectly, and in truth he delivers himself with far greater plainness than could have been supposed possible a minute ago. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is my way--it always was my way, by instinct--ever to meet the brief with brevity, the direct with plainness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She lost her gaiety, she laid aside her sports, and assumed an almost vestal plainness of attire. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Mabel