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Straightforward vs. Simple

Straightforward and Simple Definitions

Straightforward

Honest and frank
"He was straightforward if the news was bad" (Alec Wilkinson).

Simple

Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate
A house with a simple floor plan.

Straightforward

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating

Simple

Easy to understand, do, or carry out
A simple set of instructions.
A simple chore.

Straightforward

Easy, simple, uncomplicated, without difficulty

Simple

Having or composed of only one thing, element, or part
A simple chemical substance.
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Straightforward

(figurative) direct; forthright; frank; sincere

Simple

Being without additions or modifications; mere
A simple "yes" or "no.".

Straightforward

In a straightforward manner; straightforwards; straightforwardly.

Simple

(Biology) Having no divisions or branches; not compound
A simple leaf.
A simple eye or lens.

Straightforward

Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.

Simple

(Music) Being without figuration or elaboration
A simple tone.
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Straightforward

Free from ambiguity;
A straightforward set of instructions

Simple

Having little or no ornamentation; not embellished or adorned
A simple dress.

Straightforward

Without evasion or compromise;
A square contradiction
He is not being as straightforward as it appears

Simple

Not characterized by luxury or elaborate commitments
Simple living.

Straightforward

Without concealment or deception; honest;
Their business was open and aboveboard
Straightforward in all his business affairs

Simple

Not pretentious, guileful, or deceitful; humble or sincere
A simple child.
Told us about his achievement in the simplest manner.
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Straightforward

Pointed directly ahead;
A straightforward gaze

Simple

Having or showing little intelligence, education, or experience
Simple people who have trouble understanding health regulations.

Simple

Lowly in condition or rank
A simple woodcutter.

Simple

A medicinal plant or the medicine obtained from it.

Simple

Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.

Simple

Without ornamentation; plain.

Simple

Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

Simple

Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

Simple

Trivial; insignificant.

Simple

Feeble-minded; foolish.

Simple

Structurally uncomplicated.

Simple

Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.

Simple

(mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.

Simple

(botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.

Simple

Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.

Simple

(zoology) Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.
A simple ascidian

Simple

(mineralogy) Homogenous.

Simple

(obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.

Simple

(pharmaceutical drug) A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.

Simple

A physician.

Simple

(logic) A simple or atomic proposition.

Simple

(obsolete) Something not mixed or compounded.

Simple

(weaving) A drawloom.

Simple

(weaving) Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.

Simple

(Roman Catholicism) A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Simple

To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

Simple

Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.

Simple

Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.

Simple

Mere; not other than; being only.
A medicine . . . whose simple touchIs powerful to araise King Pepin.

Simple

Not given to artifice, stratagem, or duplicity; undesigning; sincere; true.
Full many fine men go upon my score, as simple as I stand here, and I trust them.
Must thou trust Tradition's simple tongue?
To be simple is to be great.

Simple

Artless in manner; unaffected; unconstrained; natural; inartificial;; straightforward.
In simple manners all the secret lies.

Simple

Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.

Simple

Weak in intellect; not wise or sagacious; of but moderate understanding or attainments; hence, foolish; silly.
The simple believeth every word; but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

Simple

Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
Thy simple fare and all thy plain delights.

Simple

Humble; lowly; undistinguished.
A simple husbandman in garments gray.
Clergy and laity, male and female, gentle and simple made the fuel of the same fire.

Simple

Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.

Simple

Homogenous.

Simple

Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; - opposed to compound.
I am a simple woman, much too weakTo oppose your cunning.
He is the companion of the silliest people in their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every impertinent entertainment and diversion.

Simple

Something not mixed or compounded.

Simple

A medicinal plant; - so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
What virtue is in this remedy lies in the naked simple itself as it comes over from the Indies.

Simple

A drawloom.

Simple

A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Simple

To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
As simpling on the flowery hills she [Circe] strayed.

Simple

Any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties

Simple

A person lacking intelligence or common sense

Simple

Having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved;
A simple problem
Simple mechanisms
A simple design
A simple substance

Simple

Easy and not involved or complicated;
An elementary problem in statistics
Elementary, my dear Watson
A simple game
Found an uncomplicated solution to the problem

Simple

Apart from anything else; without additions or modifications;
Only the bare facts
Shocked by the mere idea
The simple passage of time was enough
The simple truth

Simple

Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;
Childlike trust
Dewy-eyed innocence
Simple courtesy

Simple

Lacking mental capacity and devoid of subtlety

Simple

(botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves having no divisions or subdivisions

Simple

Not elaborate in style; unornamented;
A simple country schoolhouse
Her black dress--simple to austerity

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