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Synonyms for simplest

Grammar : Adj
Spell : sim-puhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pəl

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Définition of simplest

Origin :
  • c.1200, "free from duplicity, upright, guileless; blameless, innocently harmless," also "ignorant, uneducated; unsophisticated; simple-minded, foolish," from Old French simple (12c.) "plain, decent; friendly, sweet; naive, foolish, stupid," hence "wretched, miserable," from Latin simplus, variant of simplex "simple, uncompounded," literally "onefold" (see simplex). Sense of "free from pride, humble, meek" is mid-13c. As "consisting of only one substance or ingredient" (opposite of composite or compounded) it dates from late 14c.; as "easily done" (opposite of complicated) it dates from late 15c.
  • From mid-14c. as "unqualified; mere; sheer;" also "clear, straightforward; easily understood." From late 14c. as "single, individual; whole." From late 14c. of clothing, etc., "modest, plain, unadorned," and of food, "plain, not sumptuous." In medicine, of fractures, etc., "lacking complications," late 14c. As a law term, "lacking additional legal stipulations, unlimited," from mid-14c.
  • In Middle English with wider senses than recently, e.g. "inadequate, insufficient; weak, feeble; mere; few; sad, downcast; mournful; of little value; low in price; impoverished, destitute;" of hair, "straight, not curly." As noun, "an innocent or a guileless person; a humble or modest person" (late 14c.), also "an uncompounded substance." From c.1500 as "ignorant people."
  • adj clear, understandable; easy
  • adj uncluttered, natural
  • adj childlike, innocent
  • adj feeble-minded; not intelligent
Example sentences :
  • It was the simplest hymn, Hester thought, she had ever heard.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The reply was of the simplest, and it was the end of argument.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • The simplest child he would no more offend than the most powerful man.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • We find that the deepest thoughts can be expressed in the simplest language.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
  • The discipline is of the simplest, yet, I was assured, quite efficacious.
  • Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • The questions which had to be dealt with were of the simplest nature.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Even the simplest of them—to do good to other people—is an instant and infallible specific.
  • Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
  • Like all great inventions, the top was of the simplest construction.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • The simplest way of relief is to shrug one's shoulders and let the weight go.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • Broiling is the simplest of all forms of cooking, and is essentially English.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen

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