Category: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 am shall make me live. Shak.

2. Plainly; without art or subtlety. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise by simply meek. Milton.

3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.