Definitions

simply

[sim-plee] / ˈsɪm pli /

ADVERB

plainly, clearly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly directly easily honestly naturally openly quietly

WEAK

artlessly candidly frankly guilelessly ingenuously intelligibly matter-of-factly modestly ordinarily sincerely straightforwardly unaffectedly unpretentiously without any elaboration

Antonyms

WEAK

difficultly incompletely indefinitely

ADVERB

merely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely only purely solely utterly

STRONG

but just

Antonyms

WEAK

difficultly incompletely indefinitely

ADVERB

absolutely, completely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

altogether really totally utterly wholly

WEAK

in fact unreservedly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely partially partly

WEAK

difficultly indefinitely

Example Sentences

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No longer a disappointment or rehabilitation project, Darnold would simply be a Super Bowl winning quarterback.

From The Wall Street Journal

But it might not turn out quite as simply as you first thought.

From BBC

The question of whether they could have got him now has a simple answer - Rennes are simply unwilling to sanction a move until the summer.

From BBC

And for a long time, the data necessary to measure the impact of regulations simply didn’t exist.

From Barron's

And the spread could also narrow with the stock simply not moving, as the 200-DMA is currently rising by just under $2 a day.

From MarketWatch