adv 1. in a simple way ○ He described very simply how the accident had happened. ○ She always dresses very simply. 2. only ○ He did it simply to annoy everyone. ○ She gave a new look to the room simply by painting one wall red. 3. used for emphasis ○ Your garden is simply beautiful. ○ It’s simply terrible – what shall we do?
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. { Sim´u•la•cher , Sim´u•la•chre } , n. [Cf. F. simulacre.] See Simulacrum. [Obs.]
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. { Sim´u•la•cher , Sim´u•la•chre } , n. [Cf. F. simulacre.] See Simulacrum. [Obs.]
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