solely
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English
Etymology
From Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊl.li/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊl.li/
- Rhymes: -əʊlli
Audio (US): (file)
Adverb
solely (not comparable)
- Alone; exclusively.
- The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill.
- 2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times:
- This week, officials closed all evacuation centers but two on Staten Island. Now they plan to rely solely on hotels, even as they brace for a new wave of people displaced from storm-damaged housing where they are facing winter without heat or hot water.
Synonyms
- entirely, wholly; see also Thesaurus:solely
Translations
exclusively
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Anagrams
Franco-Provençal
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum.
Noun
solely m (plural solelys) (ORB, broad)