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simplyadv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: simple adj., -ly suffix2. Etymology: < simple adj. + -ly suffix2.Compare Middle Dutch sempelīke , simpelīke in a simple manner, unostentatiously, humbly, honestly, foolishly (Dutch †simpellijk only, merely), Middle Low German simpelīk unostentatiously, humbly, frugally, naively, foolishly. Compare also Old French, Middle French, French simplement (early 12th cent.), classical Latin simpliciter simpliciter adv. 1. the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] > without addition or qualification a1325 (2011) viii. 62 Þis statut halt stude of londes isolde to holden in feo simpleliche, ant þat hit rechez to þe time þat is to come, ant biginnez to holde stude ate feste of Seint Andreu nexte cominde. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. cxvi. 1355 Oon sympleliche [1495 de Worde symply] is oon þat may nouȝt be departed in dede, þough he mowe be departed atwynne. c1425 tr. J. Arderne (Sloane 6) (1910) 25 Eueriche of þise medicynes symply by hymself..stauncheþ wele blode. a1500 (?a1450) (Harl. 7333) (1879) 231 Yf eny thinge be yevin to two simplely, and that on be take or dede, al is in the powr of him or hir that is present. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner 188 Smellinge waters as we call them simplely. 1602 W. Shakespeare iii. ii. 70 If he take her, Let him take her simply. 1616 T. Adams 24 Abstractiuely and simply vnderstood, it is an exceeding excellent member. 1715 90 The fourth Commandment..is..simply and entirely Moral, containing nothing legally Ceremonial. 1854 14 Jan. 5/1 The propositions..were accepted simply and completely. 2014 D. Dusinberre tr. B. Perreau i. 13 Some legal systems based on the Koran ban adoption purely and simply. the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adverb] > simply, only, or merely a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng (Harl.) l. 7297 (MED) Þogh þou haue haste, here ȝyt a messe..And nat symple a sakare, For hyt ys nat y-now for þe. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 144 Þai..sweres nane athes for nathing, bot symply saise it es or it es noȝt. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 53 In the time that j made the scrippe it sufficed al sympilliche to leeue in god perfyteliche. a1500 ( (Egerton) (1953) iii. xi. f. 55v (MED) Adam was noght dampned simply for etyng of þat appell, but for disobeysaunce to the heste of god. 1561 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger xliv. 294 Therefore sayeth he not simplely, that there shal be no more time: but addeth [etc.]. 1650 T. Hobbes 190 Now in those Laws which are simply Laws, the Commandement is addressed to every man. 1757 D. Hume II. 191 He ordered, that such of the prisoners, as should simply promise to obey the laws for the future, should be set at liberty. 1787 J. Bentham ii. 9 The penal law must depend upon the propriety of the simply-prohibitive. 1836 J. Gilbert iii. 91 It is simply a question of degrees. 1872 C. S. Calverley 111 All least furlable things got ‘furled’..simply and solely to rhyme with ‘world’. 1948 26 Apr. 88 (advt.) Self-Seal Envelopes..seal without licking. Simply press the seal-flaps together! 1978 4 Sept. 53/1 I simply did what I was told. 2017 June 12/1 The Praetorian Guard had a wider role to play than simply that of king-slayers. society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] > without conditions 1420 in C. Innes (1837) App. 475 Resyngnande of his awyn fre wil purly and symply be fust and baston in til handis of the sayde lorde..his landis. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. xxvi. 38 They of the cite wolde nat yelde them vp symply, for alwaies they thought to be rescued. 1548 f. ciiij The Frenchmen fled into the Castle, and there continued fiue daies, at the ende wherof thei rendered themselfes symply. 1569 R. Grafton II. 284 Ye all shall yeelde your selues simply to hys wyll and pleasure. 1633 T. Stafford iii. viii. 317 Three and twentie more likewise rendered themselues simply to Captaine Blundell. 1688 J. Barnes iii. v. 574 You would yield up simply without any more adoe. 1713 tr. P. Poiret Princ. Real & Internal Relig. 116 in VI Those, who..surrender themselves simply to God. the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly 1574 J. Whitgift xvii. 650 Bothe the Scripture and Philosophie alloweth of the Monarchie, as simply the best. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy xxix. xxxiv. 735 b Hee levied..the Numidians especially, the best horsemen simplie in all Affricke. 1661 17 Which Scholars of the highest Form be absolutely the best, and which simply be the worst. 1732 R. Emms 21 Those instances, which do not appear with the fullest evidence to be simply and absolutely criminal. 1792 G. Colman ii. 30 He has simply the best leg in the army. 1888 G. T. Stokes (ed. 2) 176 The plates are simply magnificent. 1893 Earl of Dunmore I. 247 The spot where we camped was simply too lovely for words. 1912 12 July 29/2 Firms C, D. and E. have simply refused to bid on the work. 1942 13 Feb. 18/5 I simply loved your last book. 1981 C. L. Schmid ii. 29 High German..is simply never used in ordinary conversation. 2014 (Nexis) 13 Nov. (Lifestyle section) 22 It's a simply wonderful time of the year. 2. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adverb] > simple life a1325 St. Patrick (Corpus Cambr.) l. 704 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 109 Þe holy crois he nom And wende to þe Holy Lond & holiman bicom..And wende euere vorþ sympleliche as him noþing ne roȝte. (Titus) (1851) 94 Freris..owen to lyue sympliere and streitliere than othere religiouse. ?c1450 (1891) l. 7654 Þare in hungir and calde full pure Þai leuyd, and sympely þai fure. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) i. 331 Sone to Parys can he ga And levyt yar full sympylly. 1547 W. Baldwin i. xxv. sig. G.vii He lyued simply as one that was out of hys countrye. 1584 E. Paget tr. J. Calvin 42 It may be thence gathered how simplie and thriftilie hee liued. a1687 W. Petty (1691) 43 Above 600 M. of them lived very simply in the Cabbins aforemention'd. 1769 Introd. p. ix The wisest men are those who live the most simply. 1835 T. Walker No. 7. 255 When they have an opportunity of living simply, excess is seldom committed. 1914 E. Sichel ii. 55 He ate simply and drank nothing stronger than the juice of cherries. 1958 30 Oct. 6/4 The new Pope lives simply and eats frugally. 2015 J. Colgan i. 15 Apart from a bit of diesel for the bike, and a big veggie box once a week.., they lived pretty simply. the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > simplicity > [adverb] the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adverb] c1430 N. Love (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 56 Suche a litell childe so sympilly clothed. a1500 (?a1422) J. Lydgate (Bodl. 120) (1961) v. l. 391 Symply [c1450 Durh. Ye shulde haue pyte To se a lady of so high degre, So semely atyrede]. 1569 R. Grafton II. 255 She went as simply as she might, to thentent that the king should not phansie her. 1570 J. Foxe (rev. ed.) II. 2075/2 As he was but a Deacon, so was hee but simply or at least not priestly apparelled. 1607 M. Drayton 3 Whose meanest cottage simply me did shrowd. 1662 tr. J. Olivier sig. O4 An old Matron..cloathed as poorly and simply as might be. 1731 23 Nov. An Inscription engraved simply, without any manner of Ornament. 1746 P. Francis tr. Horace Art of Poetry in P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace 279 Few were its [sc. the flute's] Notes, its Form was simply plain. 1840 8 Oct. 2/6 She dressed simply, without pretence. 1850 Apr. 101 We found the gardens..very pretty, simply laid out, and well kept up. 1928 31 Mar. 498/1 Form I. will be perhaps found in beautiful surroundings, simply housed. 1974 19 Dec. 7/4 Mounted on softly-warm burgundy and simply framed. 2016 (Nexis) 9 Feb. He dressed very simply and hardly attracted attention. the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb] a1325 St. Vincent (Corpus Cambr.) l. 15 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 25 Wy spekestou so sympelliche as þou adrad were. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 355 He kouþe his gramer but sympilliche, for þat tyme was nouȝt oon techer of gramer in al his kyngdom. a1465 in (2004) II. 320 She hathe demenyd her ful symply bothe for youre worship and also for her awne. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan ii. v. sig. Gij Other..that he knewe sholde doo lytel good and that were symply armed. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. lxxxix. 112 The Scottes helde but simply the trewse concludedde the yere before. 1597 T. Morley 182 Being inioyned to make a song [he] wil do it so simplie as one would thinke a scholler of one yeares practise might easelie compose a better. 1626 M. Sutcliffe Pref. sig. A4v Most simply and weakely hee endeuoureth to make that worthie Father of his partie. 1720 14 Oct. How simply and weakly they perform'd. 1753 S. Richardson I. xv. 89 Had he once gained entrance, perhaps I might have come off but simply. the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adverb] > straightforwardly or frankly the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adverb] c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) l. 2663 Þo hii come In eiþer side to ambresbury..& þe brutons al simpleliche In god pays hii vnderstode. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. ii. 7 He shal kepen the helthe of riȝt men, and defende the goende symplely. c1450 (1900) 181 Ne telle noȝt in þi schryfte flateryng iapys..; but symplely late þin herte & þi tunge acorde in one. a1500 (?c1450) x. 140 The kynge he receyved [their homage] with gode herte and sympilliche with wepynge. 1551 S. Gardiner f. 72 It is holsome to beleue simplye with a syncere fayth. 1603 Sir R. Weston in (1887) 2nd Ser. I. 80 I..protest that att my deliuery of his obligacon I delt singlyly and simplyly with you. 1667 J. Milton xii. 569 By things deemd weak Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise By simply meek. View more context for this quotation 1743 tr. A. Gradin viii. 47 We behave so towards them, as simply and honestly to bring them to Jesus Christ. 1770 O. Goldsmith 25 The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out, to tire each other down. 1867 J. Ruskin v. §24 She did it beautifully and simply, as a child ought to dance. 1867 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens (1895) I. 382 I was rather amused at Huxley asking me very simply whether I had read Thierry. 1910 24 Mar. 279/3 None of these went about the routine of their business so directly, so simply and without pretence, as the purposeful and resolute old blind man. 1979 D. R. Kinsley iv. 235 He would praise or criticize without premeditation, simply, like a child. the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adverb] > of speech society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iv. pr. ii. l. 3305 For þei þat ben shrewes I denye nat þat þei ben shrewes, but I denye and sey[e] symplely [?c1425 Cambr. Ii.3.21 sympeli] and pleynly þat þei [ne] ben nat, ne han no beynge. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) (1859) ii. xli. 46 Somwhat as I can sympelly reporten I shall it now rehercen. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Pref. sig. b.ii Shall I breefely and simply declare vnto thee the signification of thy monsters? 1591 H. Smith 29 To preach simply, is not to preach rudely, nor vnlearnedly, nor confusedly; but to preach plainely. 1638 T. Herbert (rev. ed.) 12 As if a stupid sense made her carelesse of danger, which to sympathize I have as simply for your sport depicted. 1707 tr. M. Dacier 29 He spoke simply and plainly. 1773 50 Which words, though very simply expressed, were the marks of real and experimental truth. 1843 Feb. 95/2 He writes simply and strongly; understands himself, and may be understood by others. 1920 Nov. 275/2 Clearly and simply written and clarified by maps, it will prove a useful handbook for the tourist. 1985 16 Sept. 33 (advt.) Simply put, data gathering is a fundamental part of business. 2017 J. Garry ii. 32 She cut out all the jargon. She spoke simply and clearly. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adverb] 1535 2 Sam. xv. 11 But they wente on symply, and knewe not of the matter. 1568 L. Evans f. 38v Our elders, eyther simply or ignorantlye haue not helde and obserued, that which our Lord and sauiour hath taught vs. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 195 If an elephant chance to meet with a man wandering simply out of his way in the wildernesse. 1663 S. Pepys 2 Jan. (1971) IV. 2 Sir W. Batten was paying of tickets, but so simply and arbitrarily..that I was weary of it. 1712 79 I cannot forbear laughing, to think how simply they will look upon one another when they wake. 1789 H. L. Piozzi I. 362 Omitting, simply enough, to carry a thermometer, one can measure the heat of nothing. 1908 F. J. Lewis xi. 329 ‘You look so poor without one them,’ she babbled simply. the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical proposition > conversion of a proposition > [adverb] the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical syllogism > logical argument > [adverb] > without using comparison 1599 T. Blundeville iii. 69 They say that the disiunct being like to an absolute or simple Proposition, may be converted both simplie and per accidens. 1677 T. Good 31 S. denotes the Proposition designed by the preceeding vowel, to be converted simply. 1750 J. Wesley iii. 18 The Proposition which the preceding Vowel stands for, is to be converted, either Simply or Per Accidens. 1864 F. C. Bowen vii. 202 That it is to be converted simply. 1955 A. N. Prior ii. i. 109 Oba and Oab do not convert either per accidens or simply. 1999 J. B. Bacon et al. 67 We interchange the premises (m), convert the E-premise simply (s), and convert the E-conclusion per accidens (p) to the desired O-conclusion. the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] 1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Of Urines in i. 2 It is not so simply drawn forth by distillation, but that some particles of Salt and Sulphur..ascend with it, and impart to the water an ingrateful stink. 1761 J. Kirby ii. i. ii. 8 We wil now proceed to the consideration of a few bodies simply constructed, as preparatory to the main design. 1810 Dec. 525 A new and better doctrine has been clearly and simply demonstrated. 1867 H. Spencer (ed. 2) §108. 308 Evolution..is illustrated most simply and clearly by this [etc.]. 1885 627 The object of producing a gyrostatic model of the magnetic compass may..be much more simply attained by merely suspending the gyrostat by a very long fine wire. 1920 A. Marshall xx. 292 Donnat had solved the problem of the Bank of Exchange, quite simply and without any fuss. 1983 640 This instrument indicates quickly and simply which particular cylinder is faulty. 2011 3 Dec. 3/2 New tools..let people integrate the physical and digital worlds simply and cheaply. Compounds1780 (Bath & West of Eng. Soc.) I. 127 Offering a premium for the most simply constructed Machine. 1821 W. Scott I. v. 97 A simply-attired pretty maiden. 1879 Nov. 556/2 Broad, light green, simply-divided leaves. 1902 5 July 484/2 A simply dressed, middle-aged person. 1963 15 Oct. 15/2 Trengrove has rather shrill but simply patterned pictures. 2017 (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Ontario ed.) b9 I created simply-worded explanations of fees. C2. the world > relative properties > number > geometry > surface > [adverb] 1867 P. G. Tait tr. H. von Helmholtz in 4th Ser. 33 486 If..in a simply-connected..space full of fluid there be a velocity-potential, the velocities of the fluid elements are equal to, and in the same direction as, the forces exerted on a magnetic particle in the interior of the space by a certain distribution of magnetic masses or electric currents on its surface. 1939 M. H. A. Newman vi. 135 The complement of a simply connected domain in the open plane may have any number of components. 2009 M. Gessen iii. 35 It may or may not be simply connected, which is to say, it may or may not have holes. the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] 1848 W. M. Thackeray li. 455 People declared that she got money from various simply disposed persons, under pretence of getting them confidential appointments under government. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adv.a1325 |
