Simplicity - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |sɪmˈplɪsətɪ|  American pronunciation of the word simplicity
Brit.  |sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ|  British pronunciation of the word simplicity

noun

- the quality of being simple or uncompounded (syn: simpleness)
the simplicity of a crystal
- a lack of penetration or subtlety (syn: simpleness)
they took advantage of her simplicity
- absence of affectation or pretense
- freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort (syn: ease, easiness, simpleness)
- lack of ornamentation (syn: restraint, simpleness)

Extra examples

People like the simplicity of the instructions.

She is simplicity itself.

I was fooled by the seeming simplicity of the instructions.

...her poetry has a pellucid simplicity that betrays none of the sweat that went into writing it...

...there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity...

The room was decorated with stark simplicity.

Simplicity is considered as the general corrector of excess.

I was completely won over by the courtesy and direct simplicity of the people.

'You know I love you,' she said with childlike simplicity.

The great strength of our plan lies in its simplicity.

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