adj.
VERBS
▪ appear , be , look , prove , seem , sound
▪ remain
▪ keep sth , make sth
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When creating your design, keep it ~.
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Is all this technology making our lives simpler?
▪ find sth
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I found the work fairly ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
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Don't worry—it's all very ~.
▪ amazingly , breathtakingly ( esp. BrE ), incredibly , remarkably
▪ devastatingly ( esp. BrE )
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The logic of the plan was devastatingly ~.
▪ comparatively , relatively
▪ apparently , seemingly
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This seemingly ~ task ended up taking hours.
▪ deceptively , disarmingly , surprisingly
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a deceptively ~ technique
▪ beautifully , elegantly
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The engine design is elegantly ~.
▪ brilliantly , wonderfully (both esp. BrE )
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It is a brilliantly ~ idea.
▪ refreshingly
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Their approach is refreshingly ~ and direct.
Simple is used with these nouns: ↑ addition , ↑ affair , ↑ analogy , ↑ answer , ↑ arithmetic , ↑ assertion , ↑ calculation , ↑ carbohydrate , ↑ case , ↑ ceremony , ↑ choice , ↑ chore , ↑ classification , ↑ command , ↑ common sense , ↑ comparison , ↑ component , ↑ compound , ↑ concept , ↑ construction , ↑ conversation , ↑ correlation , ↑ cottage , ↑ courtesy , ↑ creature , ↑ curiosity , ↑ decency , ↑ demonstration , ↑ description , ↑ design , ↑ device , ↑ diagram , ↑ dish , ↑ distinction , ↑ division , ↑ dress , ↑ economics , ↑ elegance , ↑ enjoyment , ↑ equation , ↑ errand , ↑ example , ↑ exercise , ↑ experiment , ↑ explanation , ↑ expression , ↑ fact , ↑ fairness , ↑ faith , ↑ fare , ↑ fix , ↑ folk , ↑ food , ↑ form , ↑ formula , ↑ fracture , ↑ funeral , ↑ gesture , ↑ graphics , ↑ greed , ↑ guide , ↑ guideline , ↑ idea , ↑ illusion , ↑ illustration , ↑ indicator , ↑ instruction , ↑ interest , ↑ joy , ↑ kindness , ↑ language , ↑ life , ↑ logic , ↑ luxury , ↑ majority , ↑ map , ↑ maths , ↑ matter , ↑ maxim , ↑ meal , ↑ measure , ↑ mechanics , ↑ mechanism , ↑ melody , ↑ menu , ↑ message , ↑ method , ↑ mistake , ↑ misunderstanding , ↑ model , ↑ molecule , ↑ motif , ↑ narrative , ↑ notion , ↑ observation , ↑ organism , ↑ outline , ↑ philosophy , ↑ pleasure , ↑ plot , ↑ precaution , ↑ presentation , ↑ problem , ↑ procedure , ↑ proposition , ↑ prose , ↑ question , ↑ questionnaire , ↑ reason , ↑ recipe , ↑ reflection , ↑ remedy , ↑ reply , ↑ request , ↑ rule , ↑ search , ↑ sentence , ↑ shape , ↑ shrug , ↑ situation , ↑ sketch , ↑ slogan , ↑ solution , ↑ soul , ↑ spreadsheet , ↑ statement , ↑ strategy , ↑ structure , ↑ subject , ↑ sugar , ↑ suggestion , ↑ system , ↑ tale , ↑ task , ↑ taste , ↑ technique , ↑ test , ↑ thank you , ↑ thing , ↑ tip , ↑ tool , ↑ trick , ↑ truth , ↑ way , ↑ word , ↑ word processing , ↑ yes