Sim″ply (?), adv. 1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
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. Plainly; without art or subtlety.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
By simply meek. Milton.
3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.