simplyadv.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.)()2. Plainly; without art or subtlety.()Subverting worldly strong and worldly wise
By simply meek. (Milton.)3. Weakly; foolishly.(Johnson.)n.[Cf. F. simulacre.] See Simulacrum.()