simply

Definition

  • adverb: nothing more than
  • adverb: without ambiguity
  • used to stress the simple truth of a description or statement
  • synonyms: along, merely, solely

Examples

  • He is, 'quite simply', one of the best players ever to play the game.

  • You can order new checks 'simply' by calling or going online.

  • It is 'simply' a matter of time before something goes wrong.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Da-da! No, Sherman, not "Da-da." You shall call me "Mr. Peabody." Or, in less formal moments, simply "Peabody." That's right. "Mr. Pea-baba." Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful boy What's cooking, Mr. Peabody? (..)
    2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
  • (..) their heads chopped off... and nobody standing up and saying it wasn't right. And think, Marie Antoinette could have avoided the whole revolution... if she'd simply issued an edict to distribute bread amongst the poor. But then, she couldn't have had her dessert. Why not, Mr. Peabody? (..)
    2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman