Simply

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Simply \Sim"ply\, adv.
     1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself;
        without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
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              [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which


              otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the
              other.                                --Hooker.
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              Simply the thing I am
              Shall make me live.                   --Shak.
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     2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.
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              Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
              By simply meek.                       --Milton.
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     3. Weakly; foolishly. --Johnson.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  simply
       adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a
              matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a
              child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: {merely},
               {just}, {only}, {but}]
       2: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
       3: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
          "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
          {plainly}]
       4: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
          grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: {just}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  147 Moby Thesaurus words for "simply":
     absolutely, aesthetically, after a fashion, alone, altogether,
     appreciably, apprehensibly, articulately, artistically, artlessly,
     ascetically, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least,
     at the most, at the outside, at worst, austerely, barely,
     becomingly, but, casually, clearly, coherently, commonly,
     commonplacely, comparatively, completely, comprehensibly, decently,
     decorously, definitely, detectably, distinctly, easily,
     effortlessly, elegantly, en famille, entirely, exclusively,
     explicitly, expressly, facilely, fairly, familiarly, fully,
     genteelly, genuinely, gracefully, guilelessly, hands down,
     in a manner, in a way, in good taste, in part, in plain English,
     in plain terms, in plain words, in some measure, incompletely,
     informally, ingenuously, innocently, integrally, intelligibly,
     irreducibly, just, leastwise, lightly, like clockwork,
     like nothing, limpidly, lucidly, matter-of-factly, merely, mildly,
     moderately, modestly, naturally, no sweat, not comprehensively,
     not exhaustively, obviously, offhand, offhandedly, on easy terms,
     only, openheartedly, openly, ordinarily, part, partially, partly,
     pellucidly, perspicuously, plainly, point-blank, pro tanto,
     properly, prosaically, purely, quietly, readily, really,
     relatively, relaxedly, sans ceremonie, seemly, severely,
     simply and solely, singly, smoothly, so far, solely, somewhat,
     sparely, sparsely, starkly, swimmingly, tastefully, thus far,
     to a degree, to some degree, to the point, tolerably, totally,
     unaffectedly, unambiguously, unanalyzably, unassumingly,
     unceremoniously, unconstrainedly, understandably, undividedly,
     unequivocally, unmistakably, unobtrusively, unofficially,
     unpretentiously, unreservedly, visibly, wholly, with taste,
     without ceremony, without difficulty