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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

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Part of the Cenotaph's power is its plainness.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

And because of their lack of plainness, these pieces will surely become heirlooms, recycled gold and lab-grown diamonds worn again and again by generations to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2023

But when he avoids plainness, his judiciousness can seem very like maturity.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2023

These became popular despite – or maybe because of – their utter plainness.

From Salon • May 24, 2021

Though of great age, its metal shone clear and untarnished, and its very plainness had the beauty of true nobility.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

plainness

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