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Simple

adjective

(compar. simpler; superl. simplest)

1.

Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved. "Simple mechanisms" , "A simple design" , "A simple substance" Antonym: complex.

2.

Easy and not involved or complicated. Synonyms: elementary, uncomplicated, unproblematic. "Elementary, my dear Watson" , "A simple game" , "Found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

3.

Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications. Synonyms: bare, mere. "Shocked by the mere idea" , "The simple passage of time was enough" , "The simple truth"

4.

Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity. Synonyms: childlike, dewy-eyed, round-eyed, wide-eyed. "Dewy-eyed innocence" , "Listened in round-eyed wonder"

5.

Lacking mental capacity and subtlety. Synonyms: dim-witted, simple-minded.

6.

(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions. Synonym: unsubdivided. Antonym: compound.

7.

Unornamented. "Her black dress--simple to austerity"

noun

1.

Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties.

2.

A person lacking intelligence or common sense. Synonym: simpleton.

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— Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

... kitchen bouquet. Spanish sauce should also be flavored with mushrooms, or if you can afford it, a truffle, a little chopped ham, a tablespoonful of chives, shallot and garlic. Water sauce, drawn butter and simple sauce Hollandaise, when they are served with fish, must be flavored with a dash of tarragon vinegar, ...

— Many Ways for Cooking Eggs • Mrs. S.T. Rorer

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