Simpler
['sɪmplə]
Definition
(n.) One who collects simples, or medicinal plants; a herbalist; a simplist.
Typed by Jared
Examples
- Nomadism cuts men off from fixed temples and intense local associations; they take a broader and simpler view of the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The philosopher himself has lost the love of truth, and the soldier, who is of a simpler and honester nature, rules in his stead. Plato. The Republic.
- The broad outline of the history of Egypt is simpler than the history of Mesopotamia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Probably, because the ape's would be far simpler than those of the higher organism. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- What 'simpler way'? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This is, in its simpler forms, a stiff, detachable tube from fifteen to twenty feet long and about four inches in diameter. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- K?nig’s machine was in 1827 succeeded by that of Applegath and Cowper, which was simpler and more rapid. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I fancy we can attain our end in a simpler way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The history we need to tell here of India is simpler even than this brief record of Egypt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It's shorter and simpler in Spanish. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Since the real difference is so slight, we can assume the simpler ratios without appreciable error. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But it seemed safer and simpler to get it over here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If it did--Catherine said between strokes--life might be much simpler. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I like the simpler pleasures. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- YERSTED That will be the simpler way to return, I said, smiling, as I handed the forged order to the boy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It would have been much simpler. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It would be simpler for them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The rich silk suited her better than a simpler costume; the deep embroidered scarf became her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It would have been simpler to have thrown a bomb at him, a voice said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Is it wise to proceed to these extremities, before you have really exhausted all safer and simpler means of attaining your object? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was certainly a much simpler world. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Why not the simpler way? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She found that the children were truer and simpler mourners than the widow. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The rules for classifying will no doubt become simpler when we have a definite object in view. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- An element is the simplest substance conceivable, because it has not been separated into anything simpler. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The balance should be even simpler, I replied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In later years the rolling of screws, instead of cutting the threads by a chasing tool, has attained considerable importance, and provides a simpler and cheaper method of manufacture. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- For I suspect that many will not be satisfied with the simpler way of life. Plato. The Republic.
- The frame is of lighter construction, the mechanism is simpler, and of course the speed is reduced. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typed by Jared