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Meaning of SIMPLY

Pronunciation:  'simplee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a child"; "hopes that last but a moment"
  2. [adv]  absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
  3. [adv]  in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
  4. [adv]  (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"
 

SIMPLY is a 6 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: but, just, merely, only, plainly
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sim"ply\, adv.
1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself;
   without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

         [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which
         otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the
         other.                                --Hooker.

         Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. --Shak.



2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.

         Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply
         meek.                                 --Milton.

3. Weakly; foolishly. --Johnson.

 

 

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