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1. A lack of penetration or subtlety
   "they took advantage of her simpleness"
   - simplicity, simple mindedness
    
2. The quality of being simple or uncompounded
   "the simpleness of a crystal"
   - simplicity
    
3. Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
   - ease, easiness, simplicity
    
4. Lack of ornamentation
   - chasteness, restraint, simplicity
    
5. Absence of affectation or pretence
   - simplicity

Derived forms: simplenesses

See also: easy, simple

Type of: naiveness, naiveté, naïveté, naivety, naturalness, plainness, quality

Encyclopedia: Simpleness