solely

English

Etymology

From Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊl.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊl.li/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊlli

Adverb

solely (not comparable)

1. Alone; exclusively.

   The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill.

   • 2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     This week, officials closed all evacuation centers but two on Staten Island. Now they plan to rely solely on hotels, even as they brace for a new wave of people displaced from storm-damaged housing where they are facing winter without heat or hot water.

Synonyms

• entirely, wholly; see also Thesaurus:solely

Translations

exclusively

• American Sign Language: 1@InsideNeckhigh-FingerUpPalmBack CirclesHoriz
• Bulgarian: единствено (bg) (edinstveno), изключително (bg) (izključitelno)
• Czech: jedině (cs), výhradně (cs), pouze (cs), výlučně (cs)
• Esperanto: sole (eo)
• French: uniquement (fr), exclusivement (fr), seulement (fr)
• German: nur (de), einzig und allein, ausschließlich (de), exklusiv (de), allein (de), alleinig (de)
• Greek: μόνο (el) (móno), αποκλειστικά (el) (apokleistiká), απλώς και μόνο (aplós kai móno), εξ ολοκλήρου (el) (ex oloklírou)
• Hungarian: csupán (hu), egyedül (hu), kizárólag (hu), csakis (hu), pusztán (hu), mindössze (hu)
• Italian: unicamente (it), solamente (it), esclusivamente (it)
• Norwegian: bare (no)
• Polish: wyłącznie (pl)
• Portuguese: puramente (pt), unicamente (pt), exclusivamente (pt)
• Russian: исключи́тельно (ru) (isključítelʹno), еди́нственно (ru) (jedínstvenno)
• Spanish: únicamente (es), solamente (es), exclusivamente (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Nahuatl: ^{(please verify)} ça, ^{(please verify)} çan

Anagrams

• Solley

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• chlo, chle, chelo, chlô, shèlë, chèlà, chówé

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl.

Noun

solely m

1. sun

References

• soleil in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca