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adv. simply, in an unembellished manner; clearly, simply
 
adj. clear, evident; simple, unembellished; ugly, unattractive; flat, smooth
 
n. plateau, area of level ground; prairie, savanna

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Plain
In geography, a plain is a flat area. Plains occur as lowlands and at the bottoms of valleys but also on plateaus or uplands at high elevations. In a valley, a plain is enclosed on two sides but in other cases a plain may be delineated by a complete or partial ring of hills, by mountains or cliffs. Where a geological region contains more than one plain, they may be connected by a pass (sometime termed a gap). Plains may have been formed from flowing lava, deposited by water, ice, wind, or formed by erosion by these agents from hills and mountains.

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Noun
1. extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
(synonym) field, champaign
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Olympia
2. a basic knitting stitch
(synonym) knit, knit stitch, plain stitch
(hypernym) knitting stitch

Verb
1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
(synonym) complain, kick, sound off, quetch, kvetch
(hyponym) nag, peck, hen-peck

Adjective
1. clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
(synonym) apparent, evident, manifest, patent
(similar) obvious
2. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
(antonym) fancy
(similar) austere, severe, stark
(see-also) simple
3. lacking patterns especially in color
(synonym) unpatterned
(antonym) patterned
(similar) solid, self-colored, self-coloured
4. not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
(synonym) sheer, unmingled, unmixed
(similar) pure
5. free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
(synonym) unvarnished
(similar) direct
6. lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
(synonym) unembellished, unornamented
(similar) unadorned, undecorated
7. lacking stylistic embellishment; "a literal description"; "wrote good but plain prose"; "a plain unadorned account of the coronation"; "a forthright unembellished style"
(synonym) literal, unembellished
(similar) unrhetorical
8. comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
(synonym) popular
(similar) general
9. lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
(synonym) homely
(similar) unattractive

Adverb
1. unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
(synonym) obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly
(classification) colloquialism


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přísl. naprosto
 
příd.jm. jasný; zřejmý; upřímný; prostý; jednobarevný; nepříliš hezký; všední
 
n. planina

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Przysł zupełnie
 
Przym. jasny; zrozumiały; szczery; bezpośredni; zwykły; prosty; gładki; jednolity; nieładny, nieatrakcyjny
 
Rzecz. równina; zwykły ścieg