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Antonyms for simply
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : sim-plee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pli |
Definition of simply
Origin :- late 13c., simpleliche; see simple + -ly (2). Purely intensive sense is attested from 1580s.
- adv plainly, clearly
- adv merely
- adv absolutely, completely
- No questions were asked; no information given; they simply disappeared.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- She simply lived by her wits, and perhaps by some want of that article in her male friends.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Yet Hope had appealed to him so simply, had trusted him so nobly!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- It was simply impossible to judge with any accuracy of the distance of the ship.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- But as I gather it, after you shot Bill Dozier you simply sat on your horse and waited.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- It was simply as to the amount of relaxation the country could bear in the duties.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- You were simply a kid that turned into a man in a day—and turned into a free man!
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- It was simply a coppery glow, marvelously delicate, molding her face.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- This says nothing of the quality of my work, which, humble as it may be, is simply the best I know how to do.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It is simply the taking of a point of view, and adjusting the life to it.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Synonyms for simply
- altogether
- artlessly
- barely
- but
- candidly
- commonly
- directly
- easily
- frankly
- guilelessly
- honestly
- in fact
- ingenuously
- intelligibly
- just
- matter-of-factly
- modestly
- naturally
- only
- openly
- ordinarily
- purely
- quietly
- really
- sincerely
- solely
- straightforwardly
- totally
- unaffectedly
- unpretentiously
- unreservedly
- utterly
- wholly
- without any elaboration
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