primitively

Thân thiện

The artist paints primitively, using bold shapes and simple lines.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a primitive style or manner: In a way that is simple, basic, or not developed or sophisticated.
   • With reference to the origin or beginning: In a way that relates to the earliest stage, form, or condition.

Usage Examples

• In a primitive style or manner:
  • The tribe lived primitively, using only tools made from stone and bone.
  • The early engines were primitively designed compared to modern ones.
• With reference to the origin or beginning:
  • Biologists study how certain organs developed primitively in ancient species.
  • The concept of justice, viewed primitively, was often based on simple retaliation.

Advanced Usage

• Used to describe the fundamental or ancestral state of something in academic contexts like biology, anthropology, or linguistics.
  • The gene is expressed primitively in the embryo before specializing.
• Can imply a judgment of being crude or unsophisticated when describing methods or technology.
  • The communication system, though effective, functioned primitively by today's standards.

Variants and Related Words

• Primitive (adjective): Relating to the earliest age or stage; very simple or basic.
  • primitive technology, primitive art
• Primitiveness (noun): The quality or state of being primitive.

Synonyms

• Basically: In the most essential respects; fundamentally.
• Originally: From or in the beginning.
• Crudely: In a rough or simple manner.
• Rudimentarily: In a way that involves the basic or first principles.

Antonyms

• Advancedly: In a developed or sophisticated manner.
• Modernly: In a contemporary or recent manner.
• Complexly: In a complicated or intricate manner.

Related Phrases

• In its primitive form: As it originally existed.
  • The software, in its primitive form, could only perform basic calculations.
• Primitively constructed: Built in a simple or basic way.
  • The shelter was primitively constructed from branches and mud.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a primitive style or manner
   • rather primitively operated foundries
2. with reference to the origin or beginning

Từ đồng nghĩa

• originally
• in the beginning