the simple life
Definition of the simple life
—used to refer to a manner of living in which a person does not own many things or use many modern machines and usually lives in the countryside He lives in a small cabin and enjoys the simple life.
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Word by Word Definitions
: free from guile : innocent
: free from vanity : modest
: free from ostentation or display
: a person of humble birth : commoner
: a rude or credulous person : ignoramus
: a mentally retarded person
: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings
: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
: of or relating to animate being
: lifelong
: using a living model
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