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Simply

//ˈsɪmpli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.
  2. 2
    Plainly; without art or subtlety
  3. 3
    Foolishly; stupidly.

    "Mrs. Thorold had told her sons that a young lady was visiting at the house, whose history she had given them in short hand, describing her as a dependent on the late Mrs. Willoughby, whom her son had very simply intended to marry at Alvestone […]."

  4. 4
    Merely; solely. focus

    "I was simply asking a question."

  5. 5
    absolutely, positively.

    "That was a simply wonderful dessert."

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  1. 6
    Frankly.

    "Simply, he just fired you."

Adverb
  1. 1
    and nothing more wordnet
  2. 2
    absolutely; altogether; really wordnet
  3. 3
    in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment wordnet
  4. 4
    (used for emphasis) absolutely wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English symply, symplely; equivalent to simple + -ly, with *-lely simplified to -ly by haplology.

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