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Synonyms for simply
Synonyms for simply: only and plainly. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for simply
- onlyadverb, in the sense "and nothing more"
- plainlyadverb, in the sense "in a simple manner"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of simply, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
and nothing more
It is simply a matter of time.
The true synonym
only
Same sentence, swapped: It is only a matter of time.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where simply stands in the sentence above.
- clearly
- easily
- obviously
in a simple manner
They lived very simply.
The true synonym
plainly
Same sentence, swapped: They lived very plainly.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- easily
- properly
- totally
Where simply turns up in the game
simply is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where simply is the trap
- quietlyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is softly, in the sense "with low volume", with simply sitting one tile away.
Play simply
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so simply reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Sorted by difficulty rather than by topic, which is what an untagged word has to go on.
The same bank, read from both sides
simply is an answer in 2 puzzles and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.