Light and Plain

Light

Light adjective - Involving minimal difficulty or effort.

Usage example: a little light work was all it took to straighten up the room

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Plain and light are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Light".

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Light and plain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Light" instead an adjective "Plain".

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

burning	burning light	burning plain
full	full light	full plain
normal	normal light	normal plain
single	single light	single plain
Other adjectives: brilliant, big, great, huge, little, bad, dark, white, mysterious, last, golden, red.

As for the version seen in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, they're not hard light and as a soldier, he just uses plain ol' guns.

Source: Hard Light
In the Skylark Series, FTL travel is achieved by shrugging and saying "looks like Einstein was wrong." Spacecraft can undergo plain old Newtonian acceleration right past light speed.

Source: Faster-Than-Light Travel
Even he questions his importance in light of his very plain and frustrating existence as a human.

Source: Literature / Astral Dawn

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