Word "Plain"

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..... 3. conveying the meaning clearly and simply: easily understood; plain 4. downright; sheer; utter; plain folly, plain stupidly. 5. free from ambiguity or evasion; candid; outspoken: the plain truth of the matter. 6. without special pretension, superiority elegance, etc.; ordinary: plain people. 7. not beautiful: physically unattractive or undistinguished: a plain face; a childhood fear t .....

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..... , within the area. 18. the Plain, Fr. Hist. (in the National Assembly) the loosely organised party of moderate republicans: so called because its members occupied the lowest seats or benches. Cf. mountain (def. 4). 19. The plains. See Great Plains. In the Compact Oxford Reference Dictionary audited by Catherine Soanes the word "Plain" means- 1. simple or ordinary 2. without a pa .....

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