Primitively

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a fashion that embodies a fundamental or original state Concerning an early level of development devoid of refinement Displaying traits of simplicity and a lack of advancement
2. In a way that reflects an original or undeveloped stage ; characterized by a lack of complexity or polish
3. Done as if belonging to the earliest or most fundamental phase ; performed with simplicity and no added sophistication

Etymology: "Primitively" is a plain formation: the adjective "primitive" with the suffix "-ly", which turns an adjective into an adverb meaning "in the manner of" that adjective. The adjective "primitive" came into English from Latin "primitivus", meaning "original" or "first of its kind", built from "primus" ("first"). So the word's core idea is simply "first" or "original." The suffix has a long ancestry of its own. It traces back through Proto-Germanic "-līkaz", a word-forming element meaning "body" or "form" that gradually came to mean "resembling," and its Old English form "-līce" was the ending of many adverbs. Over centuries the ending was reduced to "-ly" in Middle English, which is why so many English adverbs share it.

Synonyms: rudimentarily, basically, fundamentally, elementarily, simply

Antonyms: sophisticatedly, advancedly, complexly, refinedly, elaborately