Solely

3 definitions found

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

  Solely \Sole"ly\, adv.
     Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause
     solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  solely
       adv : without any others being included or involved; "was entirely
             to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of
             problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith
             exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of
             proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege
             granted only to him" [syn: {entirely}, {exclusively}, {alone},
              {only}]

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

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "solely":
     alone, barely, but, entirely, exclusively, integrally, irreducibly,
     just, merely, only, plainly, purely, simply, simply and solely,
     singly, totally, unanalyzably, undividedly, wholly