elementary
I
adjective
abecedarian, apparent, basal, basic, beginning, crude, easy, easy to understand, elemental, foundational, fundamental, inceptive, initiatory, introductory, obvious, plain, precursory, prefatory, primary, primitive, primus, proemial, rudimental, rudimentary, simple, simplified, starting, uncomplex, uncomplicated, understandable, unraveled, unsophisticated
associated concepts: elementary canon of interpretation
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index
cardinal (basic), fundamental, inchoate, incipient, initial, naked (lacking embellishment), original (initial), primary, prime (original), primordial, rudimentary, simple, ultimate, underlying
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006