
5 ordinary ORDINARY honest and ordinary and not special in any way Joe was just a simple farmer. They evolved from simple life forms that existed millions of years ago. 4 not having many parts SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATED made or built of only a few parts, and not having a complicated structure It’s a very simple machine. The simple fact is, he’s not very good at his job. simple but delicious food a building constructed in a simple classic style 3 only SIMPLE/NOT COMPLICATED used to emphasize that only one thing is involved Completing the race is not just a simple matter of physical fitness.

► see thesaurus at easy 2 plain SIMPLE/PLAIN made in a plain style, without a lot of decoration or unnecessary things added She dressed with simple elegance. We can’t pay people any more money until the company is more profitable. We want to keep the costumes as simple as possible.

relatively/fairly/quite etc simple There are relatively simple exercises to build strength. simple to use/make/operate etc Modern cameras are very simple to use. I’m sure there’s a perfectly simple explanation.

Simply simplistically From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English simple sim‧ple / ˈsɪmp əl /
