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Meanings of very plain in English

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Usage of very plain in English
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The dining room was very plain and simple in all its arrangements.
Rollo in Geneva
2
Malin, what happened today makes very plain how dangerous this could get.
The girl who kicked the hornet's nest
3
Nevertheless, it put the matter in a very plain point of view.
The Whole History of Grandfather's Chair / Or, True Stories from...
4
The tests are very plain and simple, and they are perfectly infallible.
Criticism and Fiction
5
The surprise showing in her frankly lifted brows was very plain now.
Six Feet Four
6
Some one called her very plain; but I have not thought so.
Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures
7
The mountains of Moab were before us, very plain in their outline.
A Ride Across Palestine
8
Sorry now, that's a very plain and ordinary way of putting it.
The Irish Times
9
She was very plain and commonplace in appearance, without being hideously ugly.
Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women
10
He lisped-hewas very plain and homely-looking :andexceedingly awkward and ungainly.
Vanity Fair
11
To my mind the explanation of this singular omission is very plain.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
12
He grinned at her, the message contained within the grin very plain.
The devil's touch
13
The fare is very plain and terribly wholesome, but hardly anyone grumbles.
My War Experiences in Two Continents
14
He would have been wiser just to say a very plain no.
English passengers
15
A very plain New Yorker, she said, laughing aloud in sudden hysteria.
Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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But I wish here to ask a very plain and emphatic question.
What's Wrong with the World
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Very plain through the time
Very plain across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common