Definitions for: Simply


[adv] 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"
[adv] absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
[adv] in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply"
[adv] (intensifier) absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.



2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.

Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply
meek. --Milton.

3. Weakly; foolishly. --Johnson.

Synonyms: but, just, merely, only, plainly

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