Definition of Plainnesses

1. Noun. (plural of plainness) ¹

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Definition of Plainnesses

1. plainness [n] - See also: plainness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plainnesses

plainclothes men
plainclothesman
plainclothesmen
plained
plainer
plainest
plainful
plaining
plainings
plainish
plainland
plainlands
plainlike
plainly
plainness
plainnesses (current term)
plains
plains-wanderer
plains-wanderers
plains lemon monarda
plains pocket gopher
plains pocket mouse
plains spadefoot
plains wanderer
plains zebra
plainsman
plainsmen
plainsong
plainsongs
plainspoken

Literary usage of Plainnesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... of Society which excludes now from our common acquaintance certain plainnesses of thought and speech once honestly meant, and honestly allowed. ..."

2. The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1847)
"Certain plainnesses, or homely traits, in these characters—safe in their historic renown, and so raised above the danger of becoming contemptible from close ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Courts of Law in the by Elihu Hall Bay (1809)
"CASE on a note of hand. Duress pleaded. The wit- Where plainnesses proved, that some time previous ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... of Society which excludes now from our common acquaintance certain plainnesses of thought and speech once honestly meant, and honestly allowed. ..."

5. The Southern and Western Literary Messenger and Review by Carnegie-Mellon University, School of Computer Science (1847)
"Certain plainnesses, or homely traits, in these characters—safe in their historic renown, and so raised above the danger of becoming contemptible from close ..."

6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Courts of Law in the by Elihu Hall Bay (1809)
"CASE on a note of hand. Duress pleaded. The wit- Where plainnesses proved, that some time previous ..."

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