Lexic.us

Definition of Simpleness

1. Noun. A lack of penetration or subtlety. "They took advantage of her simplicity"

2. Noun. The quality of being simple or uncompounded. "The simplicity of a crystal"

3. Noun. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. "The very easiness of the deed held her back"

4. Noun. Lack of ornamentation. "The room was simply decorated with great restraint"

Definition of Simpleness

1. n. The quality or state of being simple; simplicity.

Definition of Simpleness

1. Noun. The property of being simple. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Simpleness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Simpleness

simple regression simple retinitis simple schizophrenia simple sentence simple sentences simple skull fracture simple squamous epithelium simple sugar simple ulcer simple urethritis

simplectic simpled simpleminded simplemindedly simplemindedness simpleness (current term) simplenesses simpler simplers simples

simpless simplest simpleton simpletons simplex simplexes simplexity simplexvirus simplexviruses simplicate

Literary usage of Simpleness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"He Is of a free and noble nature, naturally trustful, with a kind of grand innocence, retaining some of his barbaric simpleness of soul in midst of the ..."

2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"He is of a free and noble nature, naturally trustful, with a kind of grand innocence, retaining some of his barbaric simpleness of soul in midst of the ..."

3. Sport and Politics Under an Eastern Sky by Lawrence John Lumley Dundas Zetland (1902)
"... long stalk with a successful termination — Christmas Day — 50-inch markhor shot— simpleness of natives—Last markhor ..."

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