Elegant
Elegant adjective - Having or showing elegance.
Plain
Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
Both words in one sentence
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She was beautiful in her plain clothes and the time spent in the castle shows her in various elegant dresses.
Source: Disney / Beauty and the Beast -
Little Black Dress: Ma-ri's aunt is always wearing a plain black dress, which gives her an elegant and sophisticated look.
Source: Webcomic / Orange Marmalade - Charlotte Brontë stated that she deliberately created Jane Eyre to be "as poor and plain as myself," in contrast to the beautiful and elegant romance heroines of her time.
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