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No more and no less, plainly so, as in This so-called educational video is really a game, pure and simple . This expression is very nearly redundant, since pure and simple here mean “plain” and “unadorned.” Oscar Wilde played on it in The Importance of Being Earnest (1895): “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” [Second half of 1800s]Discover More
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This was a pure-and-simple buccaneering venture, conducted with spirit and skill, and finally with success.
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