elementary
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
elementary/elɪˈmentri/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to the most rudimentary aspects of a subject; introductory.
■ simple.
- 2 Chemistry not decomposable into elements or other primary constituents.
– derivatives
elementarily adverb,
elementariness noun.
elementarily adverb,
elementariness noun.
'elementary' also found in these Oxford entries:
advanced
- antimatter
- atomism
- board school
- doggy-paddle
- elementary school
- grade school
- grammar school
- junior high school
- mole
- resolve
- rudiment
- standard
- sum
- trivial
- W particle
