Plain and Sounding

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Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

Sounding adjective - Appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms.

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Plain and sounding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Plain" instead an adjective "Sounding".

Nearby Words: sound, sounded, sounder

Oh, and they both despise their plain-sounding given names, Tom and Sheev, respectively.

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As skilled as Frank is, he can't pull it off well, resulting in his performance sounding just plain lethargic.

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Aerith and Bob: The main characters have names like Yunou and Vizet while a few of the enemies have plain-sounding names.

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