Emily Dickinson Lexicon

similar, adj. [OFr 'like, resembling'.]

1. Looking alike.
2. Looking alike although essentially different.
3. Of essentially the same nature.

similitude, n. [OFr < L. 'like'.]

Resemblance; likeness; counterpart; similarity.

simple (-er, -est), adj. [OFr < L. sem-, 'one' + -plicāre, 'fold']

1. Natural; unartificial.
2. Free from ostentation or elaboration; unsophisticated.
3. Ordinary, not further distinguished in quality.
4. Of little value.
5. Undistinguished; humble.
6. Humble and weak; innocent.
7. Ignorant; foolish; unsuspecting.
8. Not complicated; easy.
9. With nothing added; by itself.

simple-hearted, adj. [see simple, adj. + heart, n.]

Simple-minded; possessing little or no subtlety.

simplicity, n. [OFr < L. 'simple'.]

1. Freedom from artificiality.
2. Freedom from ostentation; sincerity.
3. Low position; being undistinguished.
4. Lack of intellectual complexity.

simplify (simplified), v. [OFr < L. 'to make simple'.]

Reduced to greater simplicity in order to understand.

simply, adv. [OFr < L. ' gently, nobly, simple-like'.]

1. Without complication.
2. Without questioning; unconditionally.
3. With simplicity of speech; briefly.

simulate, v. [L. 'to make like or imitate, counterfeit'.]

1. Make oneself appear to have in order to deceive.
2. Pretend to be different from what one really is.
3. Imitate in order to experience.
4. Imitate in order to attain to.

simultaneous, adj. [L. 'at the same time'.]

Yet; at the same time.

simultaneously, adv. [see simultaneous, adj.]

1. Yet; but at the same time.
2. Together; at the same time.