"simplistically" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more simplistically [comparative], most simplistically [superlative]
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  1. In a simplistic way.
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  2. Used to announce or excuse an oversimplified explanation or description. (Compare with in a nutshell.) Synonyms (an oversimplified explanation or description): in layman's terms
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: in other words, that is to say 
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