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Definition of "simply" []

  • In a plain and unadorned way: dresses simply. (adverb)
  • In an unambiguous way; clearly: explained the concept simply. (adverb)
  • Not wisely or sensibly; foolishly. (adverb)
  • Merely; only: It is simply a matter of time. (adverb)
  • Absolutely; altogether: simply delicious. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "simply" in a sentence
  • "Yet such is our winsome God's wondrous plan that skill may come to any one who is willing; simply that -- who is willing; and it comes _very simply_ too."
  • "What Kerry said was absolutely accurate if the draft is again reinstituted…..simply put: if you are simply a high school graduate, you’ll be first drafted….fact!"
  • "But in Stalinist usage the term simply designated units that the high command in Moscow believed, or hoped, were combat-ready."