SIMPLY

Definitions

1. 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. 2. Plainly; without art or subtlety. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. Milton.
3. 3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.