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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (4)

1. and nothing more;
- Example: "I was merely asking"
- Example: "it is simply a matter of time"
- Example: "just a scratch"
- Example: "he was only a child"
- Example: "hopes that last but a moment"
[syn: merely, simply, just, only, but]

2. absolutely;
- Example: "I just can't take it anymore"
- Example: "he was just grand as Romeo"
- Example: "it's simply beautiful!"
[syn: just, simply]

3. absolutely; altogether; really;
- Example: "we are simply broke"

4. in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
- Example: "she was dressed plainly"
- Example: "they lived very simply"
[syn: plainly, simply]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Simply \Sim"ply\, adv.
   1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself;
      without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
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            [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which
            otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the
            other.                                --Hooker.
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            Simply the thing I am
            Shall make me live.                   --Shak.
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   2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.
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            Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
            By simply meek.                       --Milton.
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   3. Weakly; foolishly. --Johnson.
      [1913 Webster] Simulacher


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

simply
    adv 1: 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" [syn: merely, simply,
           just, only, but]
    2: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
       grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: just,
       simply]
    3: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
    4: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
       "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
       plainly, simply]