simple

adj.

VERBS

▪ appear, be, look, prove, seem, sound

▪ remain

▪ keep sth, make sth

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When creating your design, keep it simple.

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Is all this technology making our lives simpler?

▪ find sth

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I found the work fairly simple.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

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Don't worry—it's all very simple.

▪ amazingly, breathtakingly (esp. BrE), incredibly, remarkably

▪ devastatingly (esp. BrE)

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The logic of the plan was devastatingly simple.

▪ comparatively, relatively

▪ apparently, seemingly

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This seemingly simple task ended up taking hours.

▪ deceptively, disarmingly, surprisingly

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a deceptively simple technique

▪ beautifully, elegantly

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The engine design is elegantly simple.

▪ brilliantly, wonderfully (both esp. BrE)

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It is a brilliantly simple idea.

▪ refreshingly

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Their approach is refreshingly simple and direct.

Simple is used with these nouns: ↑addition, ↑affair, ↑analogy, ↑answer, ↑arithmetic, ↑assertion, ↑calculation, ↑carbohydrate, ↑case, ↑ceremony, ↑choice, ↑chore, ↑classification, ↑command, ↑common sense, ↑comparison, ↑component, ↑compound, ↑concept, ↑construction, ↑conversation, ↑correlation, ↑cottage, ↑courtesy, ↑creature, ↑curiosity, ↑decency, ↑demonstration, ↑description, ↑design, ↑device, ↑diagram, ↑dish, ↑distinction, ↑division, ↑dress, ↑economics, ↑elegance, ↑enjoyment, ↑equation, ↑errand, ↑example, ↑exercise, ↑experiment, ↑explanation, ↑expression, ↑fact, ↑fairness, ↑faith, ↑fare, ↑fix, ↑folk, ↑food, ↑form, ↑formula, ↑fracture, ↑funeral, ↑gesture, ↑graphics, ↑greed, ↑guide, ↑guideline, ↑idea, ↑illusion, ↑illustration, ↑indicator, ↑instruction, ↑interest, ↑joy, ↑kindness, ↑language, ↑life, ↑logic, ↑luxury, ↑majority, ↑map, ↑maths, ↑matter, ↑maxim, ↑meal, ↑measure, ↑mechanics, ↑mechanism, ↑melody, ↑menu, ↑message, ↑method, ↑mistake, ↑misunderstanding, ↑model, ↑molecule, ↑motif, ↑narrative, ↑notion, ↑observation, ↑organism, ↑outline, ↑philosophy, ↑pleasure, ↑plot, ↑precaution, ↑presentation, ↑problem, ↑procedure, ↑proposition, ↑prose, ↑question, ↑questionnaire, ↑reason, ↑recipe, ↑reflection, ↑remedy, ↑reply, ↑request, ↑rule, ↑search, ↑sentence, ↑shape, ↑shrug, ↑situation, ↑sketch, ↑slogan, ↑solution, ↑soul, ↑spreadsheet, ↑statement, ↑strategy, ↑structure, ↑subject, ↑sugar, ↑suggestion, ↑system, ↑tale, ↑task, ↑taste, ↑technique, ↑test, ↑thank you, ↑thing, ↑tip, ↑tool, ↑trick, ↑truth, ↑way, ↑word, ↑word processing, ↑yes