Definition of plain

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Plain (superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.

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Direct :: Direct (a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
Simply :: Simply (adv.) Plainly; without art or subtlety.
Explicitly :: Explicitly (adv.) In an explicit manner; clearly; plainly; without disguise or reservation of meaning; not by inference or implication; as, he explicitly avows his intention..
Defence :: Defence (n.) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.
Award :: Award (v. t.) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant..
Intonation :: Intonation (n.) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating, or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest. See Intone, v. t..
Complainant :: Complainant (n.) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action.
Pulingly :: Pulingly (adv.) With whining or complaint.
Grave :: Grave (superl.) Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face..
Expounder :: Expounder (n.) One who expounds or explains; an interpreter.
Homespun :: Homespun (a.) Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse.
Plaintiff :: Plaintiff (a.) See Plaintive.
Wide :: Wide (superl.) Having a great extent every way; extended; spacious; broad; vast; extensive; as, a wide plain; the wide ocean; a wide difference..
Ground :: Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground..
Mystery :: Mystery (a.) A profound secret; something wholly unknown, or something kept cautiously concealed, and therefore exciting curiosity or wonder; something which has not been or can not be explained; hence, specifically, that which is beyond human comprehension..
Declare :: Declare (v. i.) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass..
Read :: Read (v. t.) To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle..
Broad :: Broad (superl.) Plain; evident; as, a broad hint..
Homelily :: Homelily (adv.) Plainly; inelegantly.
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