Usually means: Clear and straightforward, without complexity.
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  1. pure and simple: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pure and simple: Merriam-Webster
  3. pure and simple: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pure and simple: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. pure and simple: Wiktionary
  6. pure and simple: Dictionary.com
  7. Pure and Simple (Dolly Parton album), Pure and Simple (Joan Jett album), Pure and Simple (album), Pure and Simple (song), Pure and Simple: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. pure and simple: Rhymezone

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pure and simple: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pure and simple)

▸ adjective:  Plain and unadorned.

Similar:
literal, plain, unembellished, unadorned, simple, unpretended, rustic, undecorated, stripped down, no-frills, more...

Opposite:
complex, complicated, convoluted, involved, ornate

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Similar:
literal, plain, unembellished, unadorned, simple, unpretended, rustic, undecorated, stripped down, no-frills, more...

Opposite:
complex, complicated, convoluted, involved, ornate



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