Sĭm'ply, adv.
adv. 1. In a simple manner; without art; without subtlety; artlessly; plainly.
Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise By simply meek. Milton.
Sense 2. When considered in or by itself; without addition; alone; merely; solely; barely.
They make that good or evil, which otherwise of itself were not simply the one nor the other. Hooker.
Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. Shak.
Sense 3. Weakly; foolishly. Johnson.