plainness

Have I not given my word in great plainness on this subject?

Again he was struck by the plainness of her face.

He refused, and that with the plainness of the West.

This was the plainness of a man who only knows one shop, the best in town.

She had none of her father's plainness and certainly not his large ears.

The welcome plainness of the new piece is sometimes a little too revealing.

"I always had the feeling that the plainness of walls was not enough.

And the plainness of the dance is at times its undoing.

Her dark brown eyes are round and clear, all that saves the doctor from plainness.

Desserts, on the other hand, wear their plainness with pride.

He could not very easily imagine himself living outside America, and his love of nation had an authentic plainness to it.

He gives it the deliberate plainness that makes every small exchange matter.

That is not a plainness you can write upon.

Great plainness of speech will be observed throughout this essay.

At the time, this practice of plainness meant Friends were obviously identifiable.

There is also a new starkness and plainness about many of the images.

Also, a woman could find plainness confirmed, or watch her beauty decay.

Second, there is a trend toward greater plainness as time progresses.

That did not match the plainness of his clothing, how could anyone forget seeing it?

Plainness does not mean the absence of all ornaments, only the more obvious ones.

In later life he abandoned the ornate rhetoric of his early days for plainness.

The menu has a plainness to it now and a simplicity that can be boring.

There is a plainness to her expression that lends itself to being decorated.

Emily's plainness seemed to express itself by a growing shyness.