There was a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means.
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Plainness
Synonyms for "plainness" (299 found)
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Closest matches (60)
accessibilityaffabilityapparentnessapproachabilityappropriatenessartlessnessatmospheric visibilityatticismausteritybaldnessbarenessbluffnessbluntnessbohemianismbroadnessbrusquenesscacophonycandidnesscandorcasualness
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ceilingceiling unlimitedchastenesschastitychildlikenessclarityclassicalismclassicismclear-cutnessclearnessclumsinesscoherencecomelinesscommon speechcommon touchcommonnesscommonplacenesscommunicativenessconnectednessconsistencyconspicuityconspicuousnessconversablenesscordialitycorrectnesscrystal-clearnesscrystallinitydefacementdefinitenessdefinitiondignitydirectnessdiscrimination
Noun(5 words)
Adjective(2 words)
architectural plainnessclear writing
Strong matches (90)
disfigurementdistinctiondistinctnessdullnessdysphemismeaseeasinesseasygoingnesseleganceelegancyelementarityevidenceevidentnessexplicitnessextroversionfamiliarityfelicitousnessfelicityfinishfittingness
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flatnessflowflowing periodsfluencyfolksinessforthrightnessfranknessfreedomfreenessfundamentalitygenuinenessgood tastegracegracefulnessgracelessnessgracilitygraciousnessguilelessnesshigh visibilityhomelinesshomespunhomeynesshomogeneityhousehold wordshumblenesshumilityill-favorednessineleganceinformalityinformalnessingenuousnessingloriousnessinnocenceinnocuousnessinsipidnessintegrityirregularityleannesslimpidityloosenesslow visibilitylowlihoodlowlinessluciditymanifestnessmatter of factmatter-of-factnessmeannessmeeknessmodestymonism
Noun(18 words)
dowdinessdrabnessdullnessearthinessesevidently soexplicitnesshomelinessjordiskhetless patternedluciditymer jordiskmonotonymore unembellishedmore unmistakablemore unornamentedmore unremarkablemost directlymost earthily
Determiner(1 words)
most earthly traits
Related words (149)
Noun(20 words)
most nonpatternedmost third-estatemost unadornedmost unembellishedmundanitynormaldomnormalitynormalnessordinarinessordinarynessperspicuityperspicuousnessprimitivenesssimplicitystarknessundecoratednessunembellishingunembellishmentunimpressivenessunornamentedness
naivenessnaivetenaivetynaturalnessneatnessobviousnessoffhandednessonenessopenheartednessopennessopenness to sightoutgoingnessoutspokennessovertnesspalpabilitypatentnesspelluciditypercipiperspicuityplain dealing
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plain englishplain speakingplain speechplain styleplain wordsplainspokennesspolishpoornessprominenceproprietyprosaicismprosaicnessprosaismproseprosinesspurityrefinementrelaxednessrestrainednessrestraintroundnessrustic styleseeingseemlinessseverityshapelessnesssimpleheartednesssimplemindednesssimplenesssimplicitysinceritysingle-heartednesssingle-mindednesssinglenesssingleness of heartsmallnesssmoothnesssobernesssociabilitysparenessstarknessstraightforwardnessstructuresubmissivenesstalkativenesstangibilitytastetastefulnessteachablenesstersenesstransparencytranspicuitytrustfulnessuglificationuglifyinguglinessunadorned styleunadornednessunadulterationunaestheticnessunaffectednessunambiguousnessunattractivenessunbeautifulnessunceremoniousnessuncomelinessunconstrainednessunconstraintunconventionalityunembellishednessunequivocalnessungainlinessungracefulnessunguardednessunhandsomenessunidealismuniformityunimaginativenessunimportanceunityunmistakablenessunmixednessunpleasingnessunpoeticalnessunpretentiousnessunprettinessunquestionabilityunrepressionunreserveunreservednessunrestraintunrestrictionunreticenceunromanticismunsecretivenessunshapelinessunsightlinessunsophisticatednessunsophisticationunsuppressionunsuspiciousnessuntaciturnityunwarinessvapidityvernacularvisibilityvisibility unlimitedvisibility zero
Adjective(1 words)
unornamented simplicity
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More general
12 entriesaesthetic qualityappearanceclarityclearnesscommunication qualitylimpidityluciditylucidnesspelluciditypurenesspurityvisual aspect
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9 entriesCollocations
5 entriesplain colorplain designplain languageplain styleplain truth
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The simplicity of its republican origin had so far affected the external character and expression of the imperial office, that in the midst of luxury the most unbounded, and spite of all other corruptions, a majestic plainness of manners, deportment, and dress, had still continued from generation to generation, characteristic of the Roman imperator in his intercourse with his subjects.
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Thy plainness moves me more than eloquence And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!
Source: wiktionary
Yet her beauty clung to her like an identity she was trying to deny and her plainness kept slipping like a bad disguise.
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