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Noun: plainness  pleyn-nus
  1. The appearance of being plain and unpretentious
    "The plainness of the Amish lifestyle was reflected in their clothing"
     
  2. Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
    "The plainness of his explanation helped everyone understand";
    - perspicuity, perspicuousness
     
  3. An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
    "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's plainness";
    - homeliness
     
  4. The state of being unmixed with other material
    "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"

Sounds like: pla

Type of: appearance, clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity, pureness, purity, visual aspect