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Simpleness

noun
1.
A lack of penetration or subtlety.  Synonyms: simple mindedness, simplicity.
2.
The quality of being simple or uncompounded.  Synonym: simplicity.
3.
Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.  Synonyms: ease, easiness, simplicity.  "They put it into containers for ease of transportation" , "The very easiness of the deed held her back"
4.
Lack of ornamentation.  Synonyms: chasteness, restraint, simplicity.





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"Simpleness" Quotes from Famous Books



... from Rivers just how well you are prepared for the Point. Then I mean to give you every night an hour or so of what he cannot teach. You ride well, you know French and German, you box—it may be of service, keep it up once a week at least. I envy you the young disciplined life—the simpleness ...
— Westways • S. Weir Mitchell
... on my head. Mine be the chip of purest white, Swan-like; and, as her feathers light, When on the still wave spread; And let it wear the graceful dress Of unadorned simpleness. Catherine Fanshaw's 'Parody ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge


Words linked to "Simpleness" :   simplicity, simple, difficulty, naivety, complexity, effortlessness, quality, restraint, easy, plainness, naivete, naiveness


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