simply
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- adverb
- /ˈsɪmpli/
- And having done that, I simply increment that value.
- simply put
- write simply
- live simply
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Watch on YouTubeAnd, and I say it so simply, but it's not simple at all.
- And, and I say it so simply, but it's not simple at all.
- Be kind, live simply, live of service.
- The point is for it to just simply be raw and real.
- And so let me say it real simply for people like me.
- He dressed very simply and he was approachable.
- He showed me that even in a palace, one could live simply and unpretentiously.
- How did they do that simply like that by by order.
Examples
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He dressed very simply and he was approachable.
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Let us talk together now-- very simply-- as men.
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Be kind, live simply, live of service.
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As you have seen they work hard and live simply.
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This is an experience that simply cannot be matched.
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We would leave this world, we promised one another, as simply as we'd come into it.
Fiction book (1992) -
Utopia can be defined very simply as a place where there is plenty of food.
Academic text (1991) -
You simply apply Laundry Solution to the stains.
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Men and boys are usually dressed much more simply, except for deacons and ministers, who wear suits.
Academic text (1994) -
I try to eat as simply as I can, whether I'm on the road or not.
Synonyms
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In a short clear way using few words
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In a clear, short way using few words
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In a clear, honest way without hiding anything
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In a simple way without decoration
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In a simple, modest way without trying to impress others
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In a plain, ordinary way without imagination
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Easy to understand without extra details
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In a clear, simple way that people can understand
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Clearly so people can understand it
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Simple and plain with no extra things or decorations
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In a simple way without extra decoration
In a natural, simple way that does not seem planned
In a simple, honest way without trying to impress
Compounds
How Simple
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Simply comes from simple meaning 'plain' or 'not complicated', the same root seen in simplicity, so simply often means 'in a plain, easy way'. That's why to dress or cook simply is to do it without extra things or decoration.