Thesaurus / elementary
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He had no conception of the use of the other arms of the service, and never gained even the most elementary knowledge of strategy.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONHave cabled a very elementary question: "Could not the Japanese bombs be copied in England?"
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWith them he is obliged to submit his bills to the elementary rules of arithmetic, and be careful that two and two make only four.
FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELLAs time passed, this fund expanded considerably and was used to improve elementary education.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEYIt is used in journals, memoirs, biographies, and many elementary histories.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERSchool fees are charged, and grants-in-aid are made to elementary schools.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSThere have been several translations in Spanish for the purposes of elementary education in morals in the public schools.
BARON D'HOLBACHMAX PEARSON CUSHINGThe common period of school-life is sufficient only for elementary education.
THOUGHTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOPICS AND INSTITUTIONSGEORGE S. BOUTWELLTake, for example, two of the most elementary of all laws, the law of inertia and the first law of motion.
A SYSTEM OF LOGIC: RATIOCINATIVE AND INDUCTIVEJOHN STUART MILLIn the civic functions at Salisbury and elsewhere, the elementary giant figures simply as “Giant”.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYWORDS RELATED TO ELEMENTARY
- absolute
- austere
- classic
- clean
- discreet
- elementary
- folksy
- homely
- homey
- humble
- inelaborate
- lowly
- mere
- modest
- not complex
- open and shut
- plain
- pure
- pure and simple
- rustic
- sheer
- single
- spartan
- unadorned
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unalloyed
- unblended
- uncombined
- uncomplicated
- uncompounded
- undecorated
- unelaborate
- unembellished
- unfussy
- unmitigated
- unmixed
- unornamented
- unostentatious
- unpretentious
- unqualified
- vanilla
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