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simpleness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun simpleness has 4 senses
- simpleness(n = noun.attribute) simple mindedness, simplicity - a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity" is a kind of naiveness, naivete, naivety
- simpleness(n = noun.attribute) simplicity - the quality of being simple or uncompounded; "the simplicity of a crystal" is a kind of quality
- simpleness(n = noun.attribute) ease, easiness, simplicity - freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back" has particulars: effortlessness
- simpleness(n = noun.attribute) chasteness, restraint, simplicity - lack of ornamentation; "the room was simply decorated with great restraint" is a kind of plainness
Derived forms adjective simple5, adjective simple4
Derived form adjective simple1
is a kind of quality
Derived form adjective simple2
Derived form adjective simple7
CIDE DICTIONARY
simpleness, n.
The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. Shak. [1913 Webster]
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Simpleness
N simpleness, purity, homogeneity, elimination, sifting, purification, simple, uniform, of a piece, homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat, unmixed, unmingled, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded, elementary, undecomposed, unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged, unfortified, pur et simple, incomplex, free from, exempt from, exclusive, simple, only.
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