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)

1. guiltlessly, frankly, truthfully; in a blameless way
2. unassumingly, egolessly, unpretentiously
3. unconditionally, exceptionlessly; without complication
4. simply, singly, just
5. badly, wrongly, erroneously
6. meagrely, barely, marginally
7. (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)

1. (rare) unassuming, simple, spartan.

References

• “simplī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.