"helt enkelt" meaning in Swedish

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Adverb

Etymology: From helt (“wholly, completely, entirely”) + enkelt (“simply”). Likely a calque of French tout simplement, according to SAOB. Etymology templates: {{af|sv|helt|enkelt|t1=wholly, completely, entirely|t2=simply}} helt (“wholly, completely, entirely”) + enkelt (“simply”), {{calque|sv|fr|tout simplement|nocap=1}} calque of French tout simplement Head templates: {{head|sv|adverb|head=|sort=}} helt enkelt, {{sv-adv|-}} helt enkelt (not comparable)
  1. simply, just, plain and simple (when stating something thought to be obvious or the like) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-helt_enkelt-sv-adv-TKAaLHl6 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 99 1
  2. simply (in a simple manner) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-helt_enkelt-sv-adv-wAMjZ9MF

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          "english": "I have nothing against it as a matter of principle, but it simply wouldn't work",
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          "text": "De struntar helt enkelt i reglerna",
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