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Webster 1913 Edition
Simply
Sim′ply
,adv.
1.
In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
[They] make that now good or evil, . . . which otherwise of itself were not
simply
the one or the other. Hooker.
Simply
the thing I amShall make me live.
Shakespeare
2.
Plainly; without art or subtlety.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
By
By
simply
meek. Milton.
3.
Weakly; foolishly.
Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Simply
SIM'PLY
,adv.
1.
Without art; without subtilty; artlessly; plainly. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek.2.
Of itself; without addition; alone. They make that good or evil, which otherwise of itself were not simply the one nor the other.3.
Merely; solely. Simply the thing I am Shall make me live.4.
Weakly; foolishly.