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pure and simple

pure and simple adjective: plain and unadorned.

Adjective

pure and simple (comparative more pure and simple or purer and simpler, superlative most pure and simple or purest and simplest)

  1. Plain and unadorned.

Forms of pure and simple

comparativemore pure and simple
comparativepurer and simpler
superlativemost pure and simple
superlativepurest and simplest

Words formed from pure and simple

Questions about pure and simple

What does pure and simple mean?
Pure and simple means plain and unadorned.
What part of speech is pure and simple?
Pure and simple is an adjective.

Words near pure and simple in the dictionary

  1. Purdums
  2. purdy
  3. Purdys
  4. pure
  5. pure air
  6. pure and simple
  7. pure as driven snow
  8. pure as the driven
  9. pure as the driven snow
  10. pure blue
  11. Pure Brightness Festival

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