Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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severeness | Yes | No | No | No |
plainness | Yes | No | No | No |
severeness (noun) | plainness (noun) |
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extreme plainness | the appearance of being plain and unpretentious |
excessive sternness | an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful |
something hard to endure | clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous |
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | the state of being unmixed with other material |