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单词 simply
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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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