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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. the state of being unmixed with other material;
- Example: "the plainness of vanilla ice cream"

2. clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous;
[syn: perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness]

3. the appearance of being plain and unpretentious;

4. an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful;
- Example: "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness"
[syn: homeliness, plainness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plainness \Plain"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being plain.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

plainness
    n 1: the state of being unmixed with other material; "the
         plainness of vanilla ice cream"
    2: clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn:
       perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness]
    3: the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
    4: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine
       clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn:
       homeliness, plainness]