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- adjective
comparative form ofplain : moreplain
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Examples
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They tend to be written in plainer, more idiomatic language, and their lack of rhyme and meter only makes them seem more direct, less concerned with artificial devices.
Poetry 2010
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Could it be the non-teleological prism at work, in plainer sight for all to see?
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Could it be the non-teleological prism at work, in plainer sight for all to see?
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As one Marine recently told me in plainer terms, "After you kick the door in, you've got to know what to say."
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As one Marine recently told me in plainer terms, "After you kick the door in, you've got to know what to say."
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I could not say the word plainer but I asked him whether he meant that sin.
He Knew He Was Right 2004
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We do not know, either, whether our guest has co-ordinated his philosophy with that of the Minister of Finance, to ensure that the upcoming budget will provide the kind of austerity which history has shown people don't want, but which (if it doesn't go too far) always results in plainer diets, less disease and better general health for most people.
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‘Reasons of State’ were against them; in plainer language, his government would have gone on the rocks, carrying with it all his plans for the newly formed German Reich.
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‘Reasons of State’ were against them; in plainer language, his government would have gone on the rocks, carrying with it all his plans for the newly formed German Reich.
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You could hardly have it in plainer terms than that.
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