PLA'INNESS, noun Levelness; evenness or surface. 1. Want of ornament; want of artificial show. So modest plainness sets off sprightly wit. 2. Openness; rough, blunt or unrefined frankness. Your plainness and your shortness please me well. 3. Artlessness; simplicity; candor; as unthinking plainness 4. Clearness; openness; sincerity. Seeing then we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech. 2 Corinthians 3:12.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI