simpleness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a lack of penetration or subtlety
    simplicity; simple mindedness.
    • they took advantage of her simplicity
  2. noun the quality of being simple or uncompounded
    simplicity.
    • the simplicity of a crystal
  3. noun freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
    simplicity; ease; easiness.
    • 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
  4. noun lack of ornamentation
    restraint; simplicity; chasteness.
    • the room was simply decorated with great restraint

WordNet


Sim"ple*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being simple; simplicity. Shak.

Webster 1913