simply

[sim-plee] / ˈsɪm pli /

ADVERB

plainly, clearly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly directly easily honestly naturally openly quietly

WEAK

artlessly candidly frankly guilelessly ingenuously intelligibly matter-of-factly modestly ordinarily sincerely straightforwardly unaffectedly unpretentiously without any elaboration

Antonyms

WEAK

difficultly incompletely indefinitely

ADVERB

merely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barely only purely solely utterly

STRONG

but just

Antonyms

WEAK

difficultly incompletely indefinitely

ADVERB

absolutely, completely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

altogether really totally utterly wholly

WEAK

in fact unreservedly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely partially partly

WEAK

difficultly indefinitely

Example Sentences

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The treatment did more than simply reduce inflammation.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

"People simply do not have the money for what we would consider essential costs."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Others will want it simply to complete their collections.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

So perhaps it could be used to simply strike statutes from the books permanently.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

We simply call them what they are or where they are—The Mountain, The Kingdom, Yonder.…

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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