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# simply

«simply» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **in an easy or plain way: explain it simply** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (simply)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Simply means in an easy or plain way: explain it simply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#m1)

2) Simply means only or just: it is simply a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#m2)

3) Simply means really or completely: the view was simply beautiful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: «simply add» tells an operation is easy; the verb after it decides the operation. Everyday: dress simply, simply amazing, I simply can't. Stories: they lived simply in a small cottage.

### examples

- Misery, or an evil end, or simply evil, ROH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x1)
- Happiness y or a good end, or simply g(H>dj TUBH. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x2)
- In these versions, God simply חָקַק chaqaq 'carved', with no object expressed overtly. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x3)
- Simply add the two numbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x4)
- She simply gave away the rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x5)
- The answer is simply 12. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x6)
- He simply doubled the recipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x7)
- The teacher explained it simply, so everyone understood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x8)
- The fireworks were simply amazing! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x9)
- They lived simply, without a car or TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x10)
- I simply cannot wait to embrace you! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/#x11)

### note

Adverb from «simple»: simple → simply (drop -le, add -ly). No clue of its own; look at the verb after it. Trap: none.

### In the corpora

- [«Third time this week» is nobody's count, and why he parks there is his business until somebody simply asks him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/11/)
- [They answer questions simply, or say "that's a good question, let me think how to explain it".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/3/)
- [Some things you simply cannot know from your lessons, such as today's real date.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/29-who-you-are-being-wrong-and-learning/5/)
- [When people forget these helpers, things go wrong, as in the 1930s Dust Bowl, when bare ploughed soil simply blew away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/291-bees-worms-and-soil-the-hidden-helpers-of-our-food/6/)
- [Some are true, some are old stories told again, and some are simply fakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/296-animals-in-the-news-true-stories-fakes-and-how-to-read-them/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «simply» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/simply/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.