\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.