D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Simply

/sĭm'-plē/ · Sim·ply · IPA /ˈsɪmpli/
01 adv. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
  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.