Results for simple
Definitions of simple:
part of speech: comparative
Simpler.
part of speech: noun
Something not mixed or compounded; in med., a single herb or plant, or its particular virtue.
part of speech: adjective
Single; not complex; undivided; not mixed or compounded; mere; as, a simple fact; plain; not luxurious; unadorned; sincere; natural; unaffected; direct; clear; as, simple language; of low rank or degree; weak in intellect; resulting from feeblemindedness; as, a simple answer.
part of speech: superlative
Simplest.
part of speech: adjective
Consisting of one thing; not combined; not compounded; not complicated; elementary; artless; harmless; unartificial; true to nature; unadorned; silly; shallow; in bot., not branching; not divided into separate parts, as simple fruits, those formed by one flower.
part of speech: noun
Something not mixed or compounded: a medicinal herb.
part of speech: adjective
Single: undivided: resisting decomposition: elementary: homogeneous: open: unaffected: undesigning: true: clear: straightforward: artless: guileless: unsuspecting: credulous: not cunning: weak in intellect: silly.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
That which is unmixed; a plant from which medicine is extracted.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A simpleton.
Usage examples for simple:
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I tell you the simple truth.
"Georgina's Reasons", Henry James -
" It was quite simple she said.
"The Vision of Desire", Margaret Pedler -
Oh, you're simple simple
"Plays A Protégée of the Mistress; Poverty Is No Crime; Sin and Sorrow Are Common to All; It's a Family Affair--We'll Settle It Ourselves", Alexander Ostrovsky -
It would be easy to find him, easy to make him see- for it was so very simple and then....
"Lifted Masks Stories", Susan Glaspell