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plain
plain/plān/
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- not decorated or elaborate; simple or ordinary in character."good plain food"synonyms: simple, ordinary, unadorned, undecorated, unembellished, unornamented, unpretentious, unostentatious, unfussy, homely, homespun, basic, modest, unsophisticated, penny plain, without frills, stark, severe, spartan, austere, chaste, bare, uncluttered, restrained, muted, unpatterned, patternless, everyday, workaday
- (of a person) having no pretensions; not remarkable or special."a plain, honest man with no nonsense about him"synonyms: straightforward, unpretentious, simple, ordinary, average, unassuming, unaffected, honest-to-goodness, ingenuous, artless, guileless, sincere, cracker-barrel
- easy to perceive or understand; clear."the advantages were plain to see"synonyms: obvious, clear, crystal clear, as clear as crystal, evident, apparent, manifest, patent, visible, discernible, perceptible, perceivable, noticeable, detectable, recognizable, observable, unmistakable, transparent, palpable, distinct, pronounced, marked, striking, conspicuous, overt, self-evident, indisputable, as plain as a pikestaff, staring someone in the face, writ large, written all over someone, as plain as day, plain to see, beyond (a) doubt, beyond question, standing/sticking out a mile
- (of a person) not beautiful or attractive (typically used of a woman)."the dark-haired, rather plain woman"synonyms: unattractive, unprepossessing, as plain as a pikestaff, ugly, ill-favored, unlovely, ordinary-looking, homely, not much to look at, fugly, no oil painting, huckery
- sheer; simple (used for emphasis)."the main problem is just plain exhaustion"synonyms: sheer, pure, downright, out-and-out, unmitigated, rank, nothing other than
- denoting or relating to a type of knitting stitch produced by putting the needle through the front of each stitch from left to right.