plainness
Roget-categorie 576
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.10. Means of communicating ideas
›› 4.10.2. Conventional means
#576.
Plainness
zelfstandig naamwoord
plainness
etc.
adj. —
simplicity,
severity —
plain terms,
plain English —
Saxon English —
household words
werkwoord
call a spade 'a spade' —"
plunge in medias res —
come to the point.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
plain,
simple —
unornamented,
unadorned,
unvarnished —
homely,
homespun —
neat —
severe,
chaste,
pure,
Saxon —
commonplace,
matter-of-fact,
natural,
prosaic.
dry,
unvaried,
monotonous
etc.
575.
bijwoord
in plain terms,
in plain words,
in plain English,
in plain common parlance —
point-blank.
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