If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.
Source: tatoeba (1406)
Simply
//ˈsɪmpli//
Synonyms for "simply" (236 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (70)
Adverb(26 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (118)
leastwiselightlylike clockworklike nothinglimpidlylucidlymatter-of-factlymildlymoderatelymodestlynaturallyno sweatnot comprehensivelynot exhaustivelyobviouslyoffhandoffhandedlyon easy termsonlyopenheartedly
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openlyordinarilypartpartiallypartlypellucidlyperspicuouslypoint blankpoint-blankpracticallypro tantoproperlyprosaicallypurelyquietlyreadilyreallyrelativelyrelaxedlysans ceremonieseemlyseverelysimply and solelysinglysmoothlyso farsolelysomewhatsparelysparselystarklystraightswimminglytastefullythus farto a degreeto some degreeto the pointtolerablytotallyunaffectedlyunambiguouslyunanalyzablyunassuminglyunceremoniouslyuncomplicatedlyunconstrainedlyunderstandablyundividedlyunequivocallyunmistakablyunobtrusivelyunofficiallyunpretentiouslyunreservedlyvisiblywhollywith tastewithout ceremonywithout difficulty
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
4 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἁπλῶς adv (in a simple manner)
Arabic
1 entries- بِكُلّ بَسَاطَة adv (in a simple manner)
Basque
1 entries- apalki adv (in a simple manner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- просто adv (in a simple manner)
- само adv (merely, solely)
Catalan
2 entries- senzillament adv (in a simple manner)
- simplement adv (in a simple manner)
Czech
1 entries- jednoduše adv (in a simple manner)
Danish
1 entries- slet og ret adv (in a simple manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- simple adv (in a simple manner)
Finnish
2 entries- vain adv (merely, solely)
- yksinkertaisesti adv (in a simple manner)
French
1 entries- simplement adv (in a simple manner)
Galician
1 entries- simplemente adv (in a simple manner)
German
1 entries- einfach adv (in a simple manner)
Greek
1 entries- απλά adv (in a simple manner)
Hungarian
4 entries- csak adv (merely, solely)
- csupán adv (merely, solely)
- egyszerűen adv (in a simple manner)
- mindössze adv (merely, solely)
Icelandic
1 entries- einfaldlega adv (in a simple manner)
Italian
2 entries- in parole povere adv (in a simple manner)
- semplicemente adv (in a simple manner)
Japanese
1 entries- 単に adv (in a simple manner)
Latin
3 entries- modo adv (merely, solely)
- simpliciter adv (in a simple manner)
- sōlum adv (merely, solely)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tiesiog adv (in a simple manner)
Malayalam
1 entries- ലളിതമായി adv (in a simple manner)
Norman
1 entries- sîmpliément adv (in a simple manner)
Norwegian
3 entries- ganske enkelt adv (in a simple manner)
- intet mindre enn adv (in a simple manner)
- rett og slett adv (in a simple manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- simpelthen adv (in a simple manner)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- blooss adv (merely, solely)
Polish
2 entries- po prostu adv (in a simple manner)
- po prostu adv (merely, solely)
Portuguese
1 entries- simplesmente adv (in a simple manner)
Russian
4 entries- попросту adv (merely, solely)
- про́сто adv (in a simple manner)
- просто adv (merely, solely)
- только adv (merely, solely)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- naprosto adv (in a simple manner)
Slovene
1 entries- preprosto adv (in a simple manner)
Spanish
3 entries- sencillamente adv (in a simple manner)
- simplemente adv (in a simple manner)
- simplemente adv (merely, solely)
Swedish
1 entries- helt enkelt adv (in a simple manner)
Tamil
3 entries- சும்மா adv (in a simple manner)
- சும்மா adv (merely, solely)
- வெறுமனே adv (in a simple manner)
Turkish
2 entries- basitçe adv (in a simple manner)
- sadece adv (merely, solely)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
There are things in this world which simply cannot be expressed in the form of words.
Source: tatoeba (2258)
Education does not consist simply in learning a lot of facts.
Source: tatoeba (19113)
Patients often die simply because they yield to their diseases.
Source: tatoeba (21063)
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