solely
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsəʊl.li/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsoʊl.li/
- Rhymes: -əʊlli
Audio (US): (file)
Adverb
[edit]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[1]:
- 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
[edit]- entirely, wholly; see also Thesaurus:solely
Translations
[edit]exclusively
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Anagrams
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōliculum.
Noun
[edit]solely m (plural solelys) (ORB, broad)
References
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊlli
- Rhymes:English/əʊlli/2 syllables
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English adverbs
- English uncomparable adverbs
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- English focus adverbs
- Franco-Provençal terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Franco-Provençal terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Franco-Provençal lemmas
- Franco-Provençal nouns
- Franco-Provençal countable nouns
- Franco-Provençal masculine nouns
- ORB, broad
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