simpleness

Roget category 42

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.3. Quantity
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#42. [Freedom from mixture.] Simpleness

noun

simpleness etc. adj. — purity, homogeneity.
elimination — sifting etc. v. — purification etc. (cleanness) 652.

verb

render simple etc. adj. — simplify.
sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate — exclude, get rid of — clear — purify etc. (clean) 652 — disentangle etc. (disjoin) 44.

adjective

simple, uniform, of a piece [Fr.], homogeneous, single, pure, sheer, neat.
unmixed, unmingled^†, unblended, uncombined, uncompounded — elementary, undecomposed — unadulterated, unsophisticated, unalloyed, untinged^†, unfortified, pur et simple [Fr.] — incomplex^†.
free from, exempt from — exclusive.

adverb

simple etc. adj.. only.

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