simply
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simply
- /ˈsɪmpli/ Australia, Canada, US, UK
- /ˈsəmpli/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Middle English symply, symplely; equivalent to simple + -ly, with *-lely simplified to -ly by haplology.
adverb more simply · most simply
- In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.
- Plainly; without art or subtlety ‘No,’ said Stephen simply.
- 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 […].
- Merely; solely. I was simply asking a question.
- absolutely, positively. That was a simply wonderful dessert.
- Frankly. Simply, he just fired you.
