Another word for plainness
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Noun
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His chief aim in writing was plainness and intelligibility, but his want of order and logical precision thwarted his purpose.
As to Macedonia, whatever may have been the constitution of the court, it is implied that it offered in its externals a sober plainness in comparison with the vain display and ceremonious frivolities of Antioch and Alexandria (Polyb.
Its general plainness contrasts with the elaborate carving of the stone canopy which shelters the southern portal.
Princess Mary noticed this and glanced gratefully at him with that radiant look which caused the plainness of her face to be forgotten.
Helene laughed, "that Dolokhov was my lover," she said in French with her coarse plainness of speech, uttering the word amant as casually as any other word, "and you believed it!