Plain and Realistic

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Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Realistic adjective - Willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly.

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Plain and realistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Realistic".

Nearby Words: realize, real, realise, reality, really

Frills of Justice: Not that magical girls are realistic in the first place, but their outfits are almost never plain.

Source: Rule of Glamorous
Most of them (the Gundam Ground-Type being most notable) actually have realistic sizes for their vulcans, but others, such as the Gundam Mk.II are just plain absurd.

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense of Mass
Her first appearance had her looking very definitely middle-aged easily, with some obvious wrinkles and a plain, realistic hair style.

Source: Progressively Prettier

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