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plainness

plainness noun: the condition of being plain (in all senses).

Noun

plainness (usually uncountable, plural plainnesses)

  1. (usually) The condition of being plain (in all senses)
    • Thy plainness moves me more than eloquence
      And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • Yet her beauty clung to her like an identity she was trying to deny and her plainness kept slipping like a bad disguise.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
    Synonyms:
    normalcy
  2. (countable, usually) The product or result of being plain

plainness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

plainness in Hindi

plainness
सादगी sādagī

plainness in Tamil

வெள்ளைத்தனம், வெளி

plainness in Urdu

plainness
سادگی sādgī

plainness in Bengali

সরল হওয়ার অবস্থা, সরল হওয়ার পণ্য, ফলাফল
More languagesFewer languages
plainness in Malayalam
ആർജ്ജവം, പരമാർത്ഥം, നിരപ്പ്, വ്യക്തത

Synonyms of plainness

Forms of plainness

pluralplainnesses

Origin of plainness

From plain + -ness.

Words formed from plainness

Questions about plainness

What does plainness mean?
Plainness means the condition of being plain (in all senses).
What is plainness in Hindi?
Plainness in Hindi is सादगी (sādagī). See Plainness meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is plainness?
Plainness is a noun.
What is the plural of plainness?
The plural of plainness is plainnesses.

Words near plainness in the dictionary

  1. plainlands
  2. plainlier
  3. plainliest
  4. plainlike
  5. plainly
  6. plainness
  7. plainnesses
  8. plains
  9. Plains Apache
  10. plains bison
  11. plains buffalo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plainness (page history and authors); सादगी (Hindi) (page history and authors); plainness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سادگی (Urdu) (page history and authors); plainness (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); plainness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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