| ADVERB | all | simply, merely, just, only, but | and nothing more |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | simply, just | absolutely | |
| all | simply | absolutely | |
| all | simply, plainly | in a simple manner |
| Sounds | sih'mpliy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | And nothing more. | |
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| Example | "it is simply a matter of time" | |
| Synonyms | merely, just, only, but | |
| Spanish | apenas, meramente, simplemente, solamente, solo, sólo, únicamente | |
| Catalan | merament, simplement | |
| Adjectives | simple | apart from anything else |
| Meaning | absolutely. | |
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| Example | "it's simply beautiful!" | |
| Synonym | just | |
| Usage of | intensifier, intensive | A modifier that has little meaning / meaning except to intensify the meaning / meaning it modifies |
| Spanish | simplemente | |
| Catalan | just | |
| Meaning | absolutely; altogether; really. | |
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| Example | "we are simply broke" | |
| Spanish | simplemente | |
| Catalan | senzillament | |
| Meaning | In a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment. | |
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| Example | "they lived very simply" | |
| Synonym | plainly | |
| Spanish | claramente, sencillamente, simplemente | |
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