noun
1. lack of ornamentation
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the room was simply decorated with great restraint
• Syn: ↑chasteness, ↑restraint, ↑simplicity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑simple, ↑simple (for: ↑simplicity), ↑chaste (for: ↑chasteness)
• Hypernyms: ↑plainness
2. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
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he rose through the ranks with apparent ease
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they put it into containers for ease of transportation
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the very easiness of the deed held her back
• Syn: ↑ease, ↑easiness, ↑simplicity
• Ant: ↑difficulty (for: ↑ease)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms: ↑effortlessness
• Attrubites: ↑easy
3. a lack of penetration or subtlety
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they took advantage of her simplicity
• Syn: ↑simplicity, ↑simple mindedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑simple, ↑simple-minded (for: ↑simplicity), ↑simple (for: ↑simplicity)
4. the quality of being simple or uncompounded
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the simplicity of a crystal
• Syn: ↑simplicity
• Ant: ↑complexity (for: ↑simplicity)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑simple, ↑simple (for: ↑simplicity)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
Useful english dictionary. 2012.