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simply |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Simply \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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: (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: {just}] 3: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke" 4: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn: {plainly}]
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