Simplicity
[sɪm'plɪsɪtɪ] or [sɪm'plɪsəti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being simple or uncompounded; 'the simplicity of a crystal'.
(noun.) absence of affectation or pretense.
(noun.) a lack of penetration or subtlety; 'they took advantage of her simplicity'.
Checked by Archie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
(n.) The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
(n.) Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
(n.) Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.
(n.) Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.
(n.) Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
Typist: Marietta
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Plainness, naturalness, chasteness, neatness.[2]. Artlessness, sincerity, frankness, openness, truth.[3]. Silliness, folly, weakness.
Editor: Vanessa
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:artlessness, sincerity, plainness, frankness
ANT:Artfulness, insincerity, guile, deceit
Typist: Melba
Examples
- There is more in it than thou dost guess, Conrade; thy simplicity is no match for this deep abyss of wickedness. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The first principle which runs through all art and nature is simplicity; this also is to be the rule of human life. Plato. The Republic.
- Reduced to its barest, crudest terms, the proposition of magnetic separation is simplicity itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This airy young Barnacle was quite entertained by his simplicity in supposing for a moment that it was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Barff, said the process he had described was remarkable for its great simplicity and the ease with which it could be carried out. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- And at his side let us place the just man in his nobleness and simplicity, wishing, as Aeschylus says, to be and not to seem good. Plato. The Republic.
- His simplicity as to clothes has already been described. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Surely my deductions are simplicity itself, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The simplicity of the method of generating acetylene gas from this substance by merely bringing it in contact with water has greatly stimulated invention in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This then is the first principle I establish in the science of human nature; nor ought we to despise it because of the simplicity of its appearance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Miss Bates's gratitude for Mrs. Elton's attentions to Jane was in the first style of guileless simplicity and warmth. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Did not the recollection of the heroic simplicity of the Homeric life nerve you up? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The old gentleman's undoubting, unquestioning simplicity has a rare freshness about it in these matter-of-fact railroading and telegraphing days. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Man can no more go back to the simplicity of the existence you eulogize, than you could settle down to a fashionable life in London and enjoy it. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- If you do, you must have certainly lost that simplicity which was once your characteristic charm. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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