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Synonyms for simply


Grammar : Adv
Spell : sim-plee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pli

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Définition 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

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