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(regional) Flat, level.

Simple, unaltered.

Ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation; unembellished.

Of just one colour; lacking a pattern.

Simple in habits or qualities; unsophisticated, not exceptional, ordinary.

(of food) Having only few ingredients, or no additional ingredients or seasonings; not elaborate, without toppings or extras.

(computing) Containing no extended or nonprinting characters (especially in (plain text)).

Obvious.

Evident to one's senses or reason; manifest, clear, unmistakable.

Downright; total, unmistakable (as intensifier).

Open.

Honest and without deception; candid, open; blunt.

Clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.

(card games) Not a trump.

(colloquial) Simply.

(archaic) Plainly; distinctly.

(Q160091) An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse. +

A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.

(archaic) (nodot=a) in reference to a battlefield.

(obsolete) (nodot=a): a flat geometric field.

To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.

To make plain or manifest; to explain.

(poetic) A lamentation.

(obsolete) To complain.

(poetic) To lament, bewail.

(obsolete) Full, complete in number or extent.