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

  • (..) High school is your kingdom. But, people... ...Stan's a bully. Why? It'd be way too easy to say Stan preys on the weak simply because he's a dick. No. No, no. Stan here... ...is much more complex than that. See, according to leading psychiatrists... (..)
    2009 17 Again