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Meaning of plain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  plain
      adv 1: unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for
             `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in
             bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too
             important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all
             patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here
             for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but
             apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain
             stubborn" [syn: {obviously}, {evidently}, {manifestly},
             {patently}, {apparently}, {plainly}, {plain}]
      adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment;
             "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who
             sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest
             disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning
             plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in
             plain view" [syn: {apparent}, {evident}, {manifest},
             {patent}, {plain}, {unmistakable}]
      2: not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to
         the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular
         brick building" [ant: {fancy}]
      3: lacking patterns especially in color [syn: {plain},
         {unpatterned}] [ant: {patterned}]
      4: not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer
         wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: {plain}, {sheer},
         {unmingled}, {unmixed}]
      5: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and
         unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and
         children" [syn: {plain}, {unvarnished}]
      6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style";
         "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture
         featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: {plain}, {bare},
         {spare}, {unembellished}, {unornamented}]
      7: lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child";
         "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain
         girl with a freckled face" [syn: {homely}, {plain}]
      n 1: extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the
           woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of
           his youth" [syn: {plain}, {field}, {champaign}]
      2: a basic knitting stitch [syn: {knit}, {knit stitch}, {plain},
         {plain stitch}]
      v 1: express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or
           unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot
           to kick about" [syn: {complain}, {kick}, {plain}, {sound
           off}, {quetch}, {kvetch}] [ant: {cheer}, {cheer up}, {chirk
           up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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