simple-mindedly

adverb

In a simple-minded manner. Lacking sophistication or intelligence.

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Meanings

adverbsimple-mindedly (comparative more simple-mindedly, superlative most simple-mindedly)

comparative more simple-mindedly · superlative most simple-mindedly

  1. In a simple-minded manner. Lacking sophistication or intelligence.

    The essay is governed by a kind of primitive historicism that single-mindedly and even simple-mindedly strives to identify Hamlet with James.

    1988, Julia Reinhard Lupton, Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life, →ISBN, pages 71–72

Origin

From simple-minded + -ly.

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APA

simple-mindedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simple-mindedly

MLA

“simple-mindedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simple-mindedly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “simple-mindedly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/simple-mindedly.

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