SIM'PLY, adverb 1. Without art; without subtilty; artlessly; plainly. Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. 2. Of itself; without addition; alone. They make that good or evil, which otherwise of itself were not simply the one nor the other. 3. Merely; solely. simply the thing I am Shall make me live. 4. Weakly; foolishly.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI