plainness

The room was decorated with simple plainness.

She preferred the plainness of the design over elaborate patterns.

His speech was characterized by its plainness and directness.

The beauty of the landscape lies in its natural plainness.

She appreciated the plainness of the food, finding it comforting.

The book's strength lies in its plainness and honesty.

He dressed with a certain plainness that reflected his no-nonsense attitude.

The artist's work is known for its simplicity and plainness.

The plainness of the room was a deliberate choice to create a calming atmosphere.

She embraced the plainness of rural life after years in the bustling city.

There was, however, a plainness and simplicity about her costume which bore with it a suggestion of limited means.

When power bowed to flattery, honor was bound to plainness.

But I suppose her age and plainness were too pronounced for a town man.

As you've seen, the plainness of Shaker furniture makes it strangely modern in appearance.

In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations to plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand.

It is my way—it always was my way, by instinct—ever to meet the brief with brevity, the direct with plainness.

Soused in vinegar, splattered in mayonnaise or ketchup, their straightforward plainness is a comforting delight-even, or especially, in a post-festive season when you are meant to be abstemious.

At length in the smoking-room, up many weary stairs, he hit upon a gentleman of somewhat portly build and dressed with conspicuous plainness.

In a world of shiny new apps and " scientifically-backed" hacks, the power hour looks quite plain, but this very plainness, in my mind, is a virtue.

Struggling at birth against the gloom of mourning, their love was only the more in harmony with the provincial plainness of that gray and ruined house.