symply
See also: simplicité
Middle English
Alternative forms
- simpleliche, simply, sympilliche, sympleliche, sympliche, symplely, simpliche, sympli
Etymology
From symple + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simˈp(ə)liː/, /simˈp(ə)liːtʃ(ə)/
Adverb
symply (comparative sympliere)
- guiltlessly, frankly, truthfully; in a blameless way
- unassumingly, egolessly, unpretentiously
- unconditionally, exceptionlessly; without complication
- simply, singly, just
- badly, wrongly, erroneously
- meagrely, barely, marginally
- (rare) uncouthly, disrespectfully
Descendants
- English: simply
- Scots: semply
References
- “simplī (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.
Adjective
symply (comparative simplier)
- (rare) unassuming, simple, spartan.
References
- “simplī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.