is similar to
not fanciful or imaginative
"local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a prosaic and unimaginative essay"
is similar to
using simple and direct language
"a plainspoken country doctor"
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used of spoken and written language
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limited to the explicit meaning of a word or text
"a literal translation"
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not elaborate or elaborated; simple
"plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"