briefly · straightforward · nutshell · boil down · layman's terms · bottom line · gist · summary · bluntly · frankly · directly · clear · concise · distill · condensed · paraphrase · translate · dumb down
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Related — simply (In plain terms); basically (At the most essential level); essentially (At its core nature); in short · plainly · briefly · straightforward · nutshell · boil down · layman's terms · bottom line · gist · summary
complexity of expressionto put it simply ≠ to elaborate Explain in greater depth; in layman's terms
PRECISION VS. ACCESSIBILITYto put it simply ≠ strictly speaking In the narrowest sense; more precisely · to be specific
clarifiers: i.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically; summaries: summary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
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