Arrayed and Plain

arrayed

Lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line.
- usage: "lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments"
- synonyms: range, array, lay out, set out
Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
- synonyms: align, array

In ceremonial attire and paraphernalia.
- usage: "professors arrayed in robes"
- synonyms: panoplied

(imp.&p.p.) of Array.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

plain

Extensive tract of level open land.
- usage: "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
- synonyms: field, champaign
A basic knitting stitch.
- synonyms: knit, knit stitch, plain stitch

Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.
- usage: "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
- synonyms: complain, kick, sound off, quetch, kvetch

Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment.
- usage: "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view"
- synonyms: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, unmistakable
Not elaborate or elaborated; simple.
- usage: "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"
Lacking patterns especially in color.
- synonyms: unpatterned
Not mixed with extraneous elements.
- usage: "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"
- synonyms: sheer, unmingled, unmixed
Free from any effort to soften to disguise.
- usage: "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
- synonyms: unvarnished
Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.
- usage: "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
- synonyms: bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented
Lacking in physical beauty or proportion.
- usage: "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face"
- synonyms: homely

Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'. )
- usage: "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn"
- synonyms: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly

(superl.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.
(a.) A field of battle.
(v.t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss.
(adv.) In a plain manner; plainly.
(superl.) Not variegated, dyed or figured; as, plain muslin.
(superl.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable.
(a.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains or prairies.
(superl.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.
(v.i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain.
(superl.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common.
(v.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.
(superl.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.
(superl.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.
(superl.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.
(superl.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank.
(v.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
(superl.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary