simply
part of speech
adverb (simply)
meaning for a pupil
1) Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply. tree →
2) Simply means only or just: it is simply a game. tree →
3) Simply means really or completely: the view was simply beautiful. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: «simply add» tells an operation is easy; the verb after it decides the operation. Everyday: dress simply, simply amazing, I simply can't. Stories: they lived simply in a small cottage.
examples
- Misery, or an evil end, or simply evil, ROH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Happiness y or a good end, or simply g(H>dj TUBH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- Simply add the two numbers. tree →
- She simply gave away the rest. tree →
- The answer is simply 12. tree →
- He simply doubled the recipe. tree →
- The teacher explained it simply, so everyone understood. tree →
- The fireworks were simply amazing! tree →
- They lived simply, without a car or TV. tree →
- I simply cannot wait to embrace you! tree →
note
Adverb from «simple»: simple → simply (drop -le, add -ly). No clue of its own; look at the verb after it. Trap: none.
In the corpora
- «Third time this week» is nobody's count, and why he parks there is his business until somebody simply asks him.
- They answer questions simply, or say "that's a good question, let me think how to explain it".
- Some things you simply cannot know from your lessons, such as today's real date.
- When people forget these helpers, things go wrong, as in the 1930s Dust Bowl, when bare ploughed soil simply blew away.
- Some are true, some are old stories told again, and some are simply fakes.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «simply» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.