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# simply

adverb (simply)

«simply» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#m1)
2. Simply means only or just: it is simply a game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#m2)
3. Simply means really or completely: the view was simply beautiful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#m3)

### 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

- Simply add the two numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x1)
- She simply gave away the rest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x2)
- The answer is simply 12. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x3)
- He simply doubled the recipe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x4)
- The teacher explained it simply, so everyone understood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x5)
- The fireworks were simply amazing! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x6)
- They lived simply, without a car or TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x7)
- I simply cannot wait to embrace you! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/#x8)

### Note

Adverb from «simple»: simple → simply (drop -le, add -ly). No clue of its own; look at the verb after it. Trap: none.

## In Jewish tradition

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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x1)
- Happiness y or a good end, or simply g(H\>dj TUBH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x2)
- In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x3)

### Note

Adverb from «simple»: simple → simply (drop -le, add -ly). No clue of its own; look at the verb after it. Trap: none.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «simply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/simply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«simply» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/simply.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «simply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«simply» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/simply.html) on Mova free.