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[ noun ] the quality of being simple or uncompounded
Synonyms Examples "the simplicity of a crystal" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Well , Jerebohm and his wife Pinkie have reached the stage of affluence that stirs a longing for the more atrociously expensive rustic simplicities . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)The material of the Porter film is simplicity itself ; much of_it has continued to be used over the years and the heart of_it - good_guys and bad_guys in the old West - pretty well dominated television toward the end of the 1950's . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Because of the simplicity of the molecules , isotopic exchange reactions between elemental halogens and the corresponding carbon_tetrahalides would appear to offer particularly fruitful possibilities for obtaining unambiguous basic kinetic data . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a lack of penetration or subtlety
Synonyms Examples "they took advantage of her simplicity" Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)The wife , Amra , and her lover are both savagely portrayed , she as incarnate sensuality , `` voluptuous '' and `` indolent '' , possibly `` a mischief maker '' , with `` a kind of luxurious cunning '' to set against her apparent simplicity , her `` bird like brain '' . Related terms |
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[ noun ] absence of affectation or pretense
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[ noun ] freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
Examples : "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease" "they put it into containers for ease of transportation" Related terms |
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[ noun ] lack of ornamentation
Synonyms Examples "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" Related terms |
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