simplistically
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a simplistic way.
adv
Used to announce or excuse an oversimplified explanation or description. (Compare with in a nutshell.)
Example Sentences
- "He explained relativity, but very simplistically."
- "Natural questions to ask are: 'What counts as data? How do you collect data?' There are two different types of data which linguists typically work with in formulating grammars. The first is a recorded sample of speech or text (such a sample is known technically as a corpus of utterances); we assume (perhaps simplistically) that in general people speak and write well-formed sentences. […]"
- "Simplistically, he was fired with pay."
Etymology
Etymology tree English simplistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English simplistically From simplistic + -ally.
Inflected Forms
more simplistically (comparative)
most simplistically (superlative)