noun
- The quality of being simple or uncompounded.
- usage: "the simplicity of a crystal"
- synonyms: simpleness
- A lack of penetration or subtlety.
- usage: "they took advantage of her simplicity"
- synonyms: simpleness, simple mindedness
- Absence of affectation or pretense.
- synonyms: simmpleness
- Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
- usage: "he rose through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness of the deed held her back"
- synonyms: ease, easiness, simpleness
- Lack of ornamentation.
- usage: "the room was simply decorated with great restraint"
- synonyms: chasteness, restraint, simpleness
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