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

Example sentences :

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

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