simply

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb and nothing more
  2. adverb absolutely
  3. adverb absolutely; altogether; really

Etymology

From Middle English symply, symplely; equivalent to simple + -ly, with *-lely simplified to -ly by haplology.

In classic literature

Synonyms

merely, just, only, but

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