If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.
Source: tatoeba (1406)
Simply
/ˈsɪmpli/
Synonyms for "simply" (190 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (38)
absolutelyaestheticallyafter a fashionalonealtogetherappreciablyapprehensiblyarticulatelyartisticallyartlesslyasceticallyat any rateat bestat leastat mostat the leastat the mostat the outsideat worstausterely
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
clear up confusion
Strong matches (57)
comprehensiblydecentlydecorouslydefinitelydetectablydistinctlyeasilyeffortlesslyelegantlyen familleentirelyexclusivelyexplicitlyexpresslyfacilelyfairlyfamiliarlyfullygenteellygenuinely
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gracefullyguilelesslyhands downhonestlyin a mannerin a wayin good tastein partin plain englishin plain termsin plain wordsin some measureincompletelyinformallyingenuouslyinnocentlyintegrallyintelligiblyirreduciblyjustleastwiselightlylike clockworklike nothinglimpidlylucidlymatter-of-factlymerelymildly
Noun(4 words)
emotionally naiveflat color paintin simple languageleast complex life form
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (95)
moderatelymodestlynaturallyno sweatnot comprehensivelynot exhaustivelyobviouslyoffhandoffhandedlyon easy termsonlyopenheartedlyopenlyordinarilypartpartiallypartlypellucidlyperspicuouslyplainly
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point blankpoint-blankpracticallypro tantoproperlyprosaicallypurelyquietlyreadilyreallyrelativelyrelaxedlysans ceremonieseemlyseverelysimply and solelysinglysmoothlyso farsolelysomewhatsparelysparselystarklystraightswimminglytastefullythus farto a degreeto some degreeto the pointtolerablytotallyunaffectedlyunambiguouslyunanalyzablyunassuminglyunceremoniouslyunconstrainedlyunderstandablyundividedlyunequivocallyunmistakablyunobtrusivelyunofficiallyunpretentiouslyunreservedlyvisiblywhollywith tastewithout ceremonywithout difficulty
Adverb(7 words)
more elementary natural-number arithmeticmore natural languagemost unicellular organismrusticallyto summarizeunembellishedlyvacuously
Noun(9 words)
more unembellishedmore unornamentedmore user-friendlymost beginner language learnermost introductorymost plain-languagemost single-stagemost unadornedmost unembellished
Determiner(2 words)
most everydaymost ground level
Adjective(4 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriessimply becausesimply enoughsimply impossiblesimply putsimply statedsimply the truth
Inflections
2 entriesmore simplymost simply
Derivations
3 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 32 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
1 entries- просто adv (in a simple manner)
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
1 entries- 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
1 entries- egyszerűen adv (in a simple manner)
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
1 entries- simpliciter adv (in a simple manner)
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)
Polish
1 entries- po prostu adv (in a simple manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- simplesmente adv (in a simple manner)
Russian
1 entries- про́сто adv (in a simple manner)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- naprosto adv (in a simple manner)
Slovene
1 entries- preprosto adv (in a simple manner)
Spanish
2 entries- sencillamente adv (in a simple manner)
- simplemente adv (in a simple manner)
Swedish
1 entries- helt enkelt adv (in a simple manner)
Tamil
2 entries- சும்மா adv (in a simple manner)
- வெறுமனே adv (in a simple manner)
Turkish
1 entries- basitçe adv (in a simple manner)
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)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.