Sim"plo*ce (?), n. (Gram.) See Symploce.
Sim"ply (?), adv. 1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by
itself; without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.
[They] 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.
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