Hypertext Webster Gateway: "simply"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Simply \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
simply
adv 1: 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" [syn: {merely},
{just}, {only}, {but}]
2: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
3: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
"she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
{plainly}]
4: (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore";
"he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"
[syn: {just}]
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