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What is the adjective for plainness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb plain which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

plain
  1. (now rare, regional) Flat, level. [from 14th c.]
  2. Simple.
    1. Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished. [from 14th c.]
    2. Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.
    3. Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary. [from 16th c.]
    4. (of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras. [from 17th c.]
    5. (computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in plain text). [from 20th c.]
  3. Obvious.
    1. Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable. [from 14th c.]
    2. Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier). [from 14th c.]
  4. Open.
    1. Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt. [from 14th c.]
    2. Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
  5. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive. [from 17th c.]
  6. Synonyms:
      7. average, ordinary, common, simple, commonplace, conventional, normal, usual, quotidian, straightforward, vanilla, routine, dull, lowly, natural, traditional, unprepossessing, white-bread, everyday, standard, typical, customary, familiar, run-of-the-mill, regular, general, habitual, garden-variety, stock, workaday, unexceptional, frequent, accustomed, bog-standard, standard-issue, established, wonted, unremarkable, household, common or garden, prosaic, ubiquitous, settled, mainstream, expected, garden variety, recognized, prevailing, popular, stereotypical … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “He had come to town a simple-hearted country-youth, with no particular hopes, except for a speedy wedding and a plain cottage in the country.”
      “The church's only entrance was a plain wooden door in a plain brick porch.”
      “Back when she was just plain old Jane Roberts from Santa Barbara, the press wouldn't have splashed pictures of her all over the place.”
plainlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a plain (flat land with relatively little vegetation).
plainspoken
  1. Speaking plainly or simply.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. direct, forthright, frank, unreserved, blunt, candid, honest, open, outspoken, straight, straightforward, plain, forthcoming, free, openhearted, unguarded, uninhibited, artless, downright, foursquare, freehearted, transparent, guileless, ingenuous, natural, outright, real, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, unrestricted, free-spoken, plain-spoken, up front, up-front, out-front, matter-of-fact, call a spade a spade, from the hip, lay it on the line, like it is, bare-faced, saying what one thinks, straight-out, upfront, sincere, unequivocal, unambiguous, explicit, straight from the shoulder … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Americans like a plainspoken leader, a straight shooter they can trust, or so we are told.”
      “Americans like a plainspoken leader, a straight shooter they can trust, we are told.”
      “The magazine is pragmatic, plainspoken, populist, contemptuous of the Right's narrowness, and incredulous before the Left's convolutions.”
plainish
  1. Somewhat plain in appearance.
  2. Examples:
      3. “In smart suit, immaculate blue shirt and plainish tie, Kinski attempts to demystify the complexities of the post-privatisation utility businesses.”
      “Here is the ducal palace, a plainish structure seven storeys high with dungeons below, and this now serves as the Museum of Popular Art.”
plainer
  1. comparative form of plain: more plain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. commoner, simpler, normaler, duller, lowlier, more average, more ordinary, more commonplace, more conventional, more usual, more quotidian, more straightforward, more vanilla, more routine, more natural, more traditional, more unprepossessing, more white-bread, barer, austerer, starker, unfussier, severer, chaster, homelier, balder, cleaner, drier, rawer, more unadorned, more modest, more unembellished, more basic, more spartan, more unostentatious, more restrained, more unsophisticated, more unpretentious, more discreet, more naked, more uncluttered, more workaday, more frugal, more stripped down, more bare-bones, uglier, unlovelier, fuglier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even the plainer lodges are likely to have additions such as finials and cresting on the ridge of the roof.”
      “It is mostly used for the plainer and more homely cakes such as Victoria sandwich cakes.”
      “The trade for the quality bullocks remains brisk and there was a marked improvement in Friesians and plainer bullocks.”
plainest
  1. superlative form of plain: most plain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. commonest, simplest, normalest, dullest, lowliest, most average, most ordinary, most commonplace, most conventional, most usual, most quotidian, most straightforward, most vanilla, most routine, most natural, most traditional, most unprepossessing, most white-bread, barest, austerest, starkest, unfussiest, severest, chastest, homeliest, baldest, cleanest, driest, rawest, most unadorned, most modest, most unembellished, most basic, most spartan, most unostentatious, most restrained, most unsophisticated, most unpretentious, most discreet, most naked, most uncluttered, most workaday, most frugal, most stripped down, most bare-bones, ugliest, unloveliest, fugliest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Obesity is the plainest, most obvious and unarguable example of an individual problem that you could imagine.”
      “They rank among the plainest final words in the history of oratory, yet they kindled great expectations.”
      “We had the plainest of food, our only recreation was playing out in the street, the park, going to the local library and the swimming baths.”
plained
  1. simple past tense and past participle of plain
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, keened, sniveled, snivelled, whimpered, blubbed, lamented, mewled, squalled, grieved, mourned, bleated, boohooed, puled, yowled, grizzled, howled, sniffed, weeped, whinged, bemoaned, bewailed, greeted, shed tears, broke down, broken down, choked up, cracked up, teared up, burst into tears, dissolved in tears, howled your eyes out, rang the blues, rung the blues, sheded bitter tears, turned on the waterworks, turned on waterworks, cried your eyes out, let it all out, put on the weeps, let go … more
plaining
  1. present participle of plain
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