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

If you’ve never seen it, Washington Consumers’ Checkbook is a no-frills, ad-free magazine that comes twice a year and revels in its rigor and reassuring plainness.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

My name stands out, colorful and detailed among the black-and-white plainness of his other cards.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord

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