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Plain
adjective (compar. plainer; superl. plainest) 1.Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment. Synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, unmistakable. "Evident hostility" , "Manifest disapproval" , "Patent advantages" , "Made his meaning plain" , "It is plain that he is no reactionary" , "In plain view" 2.Not elaborate or elaborated; simple. "Stuck to the plain facts" , "A plain blue suit" , "A plain rectangular brick building" 3.Lacking patterns especially in color. Synonym: unpatterned. 4.Not mixed with extraneous elements. Synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed. "Sheer wine" , "Not an unmixed blessing" 5.Free from any effort to soften to disguise. Synonym: unvarnished. "The unvarnished candor of old people and children" 6.Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. Synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented. "Unembellished white walls" , "Functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" 7.Lacking in physical beauty or proportion. Synonym: homely. "Several of the buildings were downright homely" , "A plain girl with a freckled face" noun 1.Extensive tract of level open land. Synonyms: champaign, field. "He longed for the fields of his youth" adverb 1.Unmistakably ('plain' is often used informally for 'plainly'). Synonyms: apparently, evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plainly. "She was in bed and evidently in great pain" , "He was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list" , "It is all patently nonsense" , "She has apparently been living here for some time" , "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not" , "You are plainly wrong" , "He is plain stubborn" verb (past & past part. plained; pres. part. plaining)
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