simplicity
noun
the state, quality, or an instance of being simple.
simplicities
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pluralof simplicity.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Carson Palmer had gotten used to the simplicities of football being done for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2025
Lyrical simplicities aside, her songs are weird, distinctive, beautiful, ranging, and complicated.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2021
Through much of the book, Mishra sounds downright giddy to be living through a time when “many of our exalted ideas about ourselves have collapsed” and “mind-numbing simplicities about democracy” are being shattered.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
But visit the border in southern California - where they say it is the busiest international crossing point in the world - and you witness the complexities, not the simplicities.
From BBC ● May 24, 2016
When home from the hotel circuit, Howard’s longings were for the simplicities of small-town life: spending time with family and friends and working in the family’s poolroom.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
