plainness

NOUN

clarity

Synonyms

STRONG

accuracy articulateness brightness certainty clearness comprehensibility conspicuousness definition directness distinctness evidence exactitude exactness explicitness intelligibility legibility limpidity lucidity lucidness obviousness openness palpability pellucidity pellucidness penetrability perceptibility perspicuity perspicuousness precision prominence purity salience simplicity tangibility transparency unambiguity

WEAK

cognizability decipherability explicability limpidness manifestness overtness unmistakability

Antonyms

STRONG

ambiguity imprecision inaccuracy inexactness

NOUN

modesty

Synonyms

STRONG

discreetness humbleness simpleness simplicity unassumingness unpretentiousness

WEAK

economicalness unostentatiousness

Example Sentences

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I love their cute little Sugar Muffins name, and I never tire of their plainness.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025

Part of the Cenotaph's power is its plainness.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

The plainness of Mallory Portnoy’s Stella was epitomized by the way she cuffed her jeans.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2024

Our reviewer, Samantha Harvey, praised “the equable plainness of its language, a plainness that is nevertheless impressionistic and light-filled.”

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021

No garb could disguise her plainness, though; the huge freckled hands, the wide flat face, the thrust of her teeth.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

plainness

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