simply

[Sim·ply]

In a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment

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In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

Adverb
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"

Adverb
absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"

Adverb
in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"

Adverb
absolutely; "I just can''t take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it''s simply beautiful!"


adv.
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

adv.
Plainly; without art or subtlety.

adv.
Weakly; foolishly.


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.
Simply the thing I am Shall make me live.
2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek.
3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.

In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

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Usage Examples

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.

A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.

Acceptable food rots while we are chased from bins behind restaurants, chased from sleeping on the street, chased from relieving ourselves unless we pay for food or gas, until finally we are so hungry, sleepless, smelly, constipated and beaten-down that we simply die of lack of will to live.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the facade of his appearance.

A world in which government is burdened by historic debt, philanthropy has limited resources, and the private sector is only interested in its own personal gain is simply unsustainable.

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Other Usage Examples

Aggression is simply another name for government.

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.

All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to make money however I could to keep myself going in some modest way, and I didn't need much, I was unmarried at the time, no children.

Acting is a sense of wonder and magic and mystery for me and when life takes me on a new journey, I simply remember the smile my first ballet recital put on my face and I move forward.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

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