simplyadverb
uk/ˈsɪm.pli/us/ˈsɪm.pli/simply adverb (IMPORTANT)
B2 completely or as much as possible:
You look simply (= really) beautiful in that dress.
The hunger in parts of Africa is terrible - there's (quite) simply (= without doubt) no other word for it.
B2 only:
I don't like my job - I simply do it for the money.
More examples
- At first I thought he was a bit shy, but I've come to the conclusion that he's simply unfriendly!
- Drinking and driving is simply courting disaster.
- It's simply not cricket to flirt with another man's wife.
- The facts are simply not deniable.
- Any more pudding would simply be excessive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
General
- abstract
- abstraction
- abstractly
- across-the-board
- all-purpose
- board
- generalist
- generally
- helicopter view
- impressionistic
- in all idiom
- large
- primarily
- principle
- sense
- substantially
- the big/bigger picture idiom
- thing
- whole
- widely
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simply adverb (EASY)
B2 in an easy way:
He explained it as simply as he could, but the class still didn't understand.
More examples
- His skill lies in his ability to communicate quite complex ideas very simply.
- Her article lays out the issue very simply.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
- at the push of a button idiom
- at the stroke of a pen idiom
- be (all) downhill idiom
- be child's play idiom
- breeze
- convincing
- foolproof
- friendly
- gift
- gimme
- give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter idiom
- rocket science
- sail
- sail through (sth)
- sb could do sth with one arm/hand tied behind his/her back idiom
- self-explanatory
- semi-skilled
- simple
- sweat
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simply adverb (PLAIN)
in a plain way:
a simply decorated apartment
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Easiness and simplicity
- (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a log idiom
- at the push of a button idiom
- at the stroke of a pen idiom
- be (all) downhill idiom
- be child's play idiom
- breeze
- convincing
- foolproof
- friendly
- gift
- gimme
- give/hand sth to sb on a (silver) platter idiom
- rocket science
- sail
- sail through (sth)
- sb could do sth with one arm/hand tied behind his/her back idiom
- self-explanatory
- semi-skilled
- simple
- sweat
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