Word Meanings - SOLELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SOLELY)

• Only
• adv
• Solely
• singly
• merely
• simply
• barely

Related words: (words related to SOLELY)

• MERELY
  1. Purely; unmixedly; absolutely. Ulysses was to force forth his access, Though merely naked. Chapman. 2. Not otherwise than; simply; barely; only. Prize not your life for other ends Than merely to obige your friends. Swift. Syn. -- Solely; simply;
• SINGLY
  1. Individually; particularly; severally; as, to make men singly and personally good. 2. Only; by one's self; alone. Look thee, 't is so! Thou singly honest man. Shak. 3. Without partners, companions, or associates; single-handed; as, to attack
• SIMPLY
  1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely. 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
• SOLELY
  Singly; alone; only; without another; as, to rest a cause solely one argument; to rely solelyn one's own strength.
• BARELY
  1. Without covering; nakedly. 2. Without concealment or disguise. 3. Merely; only. R. For now his son is duke. W. Barely in title, not in revenue. Shak. 4. But just; without any excess; with nothing to spare ( of quantity, time, etc.);
• LOSINGLY
  In a manner to incur loss.
• DEBASINGLY
  In a manner to debase.
• DESPISINGLY
  Contemptuously.
• INCREASINGLY
  More and more.
• DISPOSINGLY
  In a manner to dispose.
• PAUSINGLY
  With pauses; haltingly. Shak.
• IMPOSINGLY
  In an imposing manner.
• MISSINGLY
  With a sense of loss. Shak.
• PROSINGLY
  Prosily.
• ACCUSINGLY
  In an accusing manner.
• CARESSINGLY
  In caressing manner.
• ROUSINGLY
  In a rousing manner.
• GUESSINGLY
  By way of conjecture. Shak.
• MUSINGLY
  In a musing manner.
• HISSINGLY
  With a hissing sound.