adj. of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need for love and nurturing"

adj. of the first stage of education and schools: "elementary school"; "an elementary grammar"

adj. easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the problem"

adj. preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"

adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

adj. serving as an introduction or preface

adj. requiring or apparently requiring no effort; "the swallows glided in an effortless way through the busy air"

adj. having few parts; not complex or complicated or involved; "a simple problem"; "simple mechanisms"; "a simple design"; "a simple substance"

adj. performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand"

adj. free from cloudiness; allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"

adj. serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

adj. being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

adj. arising from or going to the root; "a radical flaw in the plan"

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

adj. not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"

adj. not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship; "what a cushy job!"; "the easygoing life of a parttime consultant"; "a soft job"

adj. lacking obstructions or difficulties; "the bill's path through the legislature was smooth and orderly"

adj. made easy or uncomplicated

adj. between an earlier and a later period of time; "in the middle years"; "in his middle thirties"

adj. of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate: "secondary school"; "high school"

adj. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

adj. hard to manage; inclined to make trouble: "a difficult child"

adj. causing vexation or worry: "trying times"; "serious problems"