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simpleness
[sim-puhl] 
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simpleness
[sim-puhl]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
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| Main Entry: | dumbness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stupidity |
| Synonyms: | brainlessness, denseness, doltishness, dopiness, foolishness, mindlessness, simpleness, slow-wittedness, slowness, stupidness |
| Main Entry: | plainness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | unassumingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | unostentatiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unpretentiousness |
| Main Entry: | unpretentiousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | modesty |
| Synonyms: | discreetness, economicalness, humbleness, plainness, simpleness, simplicity, unassumingness, unostentatiousness |
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| Concept: | Plainness. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional means; language generally; various qualities of style |
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-nouns
plainness; simplicity, severity; plain terms, plain English; Saxon English; household words
-verbs
call a spade "a spade"; plunge in medias res; come to the point.
-adjectives
plain, simple; unornamented, unadorned, unvarnished; homely, homespun; neat; severe, chaste, pure, Saxon; commonplace, matter-of-fact, natural, prosaic., dry, unvaried, monotonous.
-adverbs
in plain terms, in plain words, in plain English, in plain common parlance; point-blank.
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| Antonyms: | ornament |
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