solely en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈsəʊl.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈsoʊl.li/ (US)
Etymology
From Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Alone; exclusively.
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.
2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023:The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill.
Relateds
solitarily · sole · completely
Synonyms
wholly · entirely · purely · alone · exclusively · expressly · only · merely · solely
Translations (39)
hu csupán (exclusively) · bg изключително (exclusively) · fr exclusivement (exclusively) · es únicamente (exclusively) · hu mindössze (exclusively) · no bare (exclusively) · ru еди́нственно (exclusively) · bg единствено (exclusively) · de nur (exclusively) · cs výlučně (exclusively) · pt unicamente (exclusively) · de exklusiv (exclusively) · cs jedině (exclusively) · el εξ ολοκλήρου (exclusively) · eo sole (exclusively) · de ausschließlich (exclusively) · pt puramente (exclusively) · el μόνο (exclusively) · es solamente (exclusively) · hu pusztán (exclusively) · hu egyedül (exclusively) · pt exclusivamente (exclusively) · el απλώς και μόνο (exclusively) · es exclusivamente (exclusively) · hu csakis (exclusively) · it unicamente (exclusively) · hu kizárólag (exclusively) · el αποκλειστικά (exclusively) · pl wyłącznie (exclusively) · cs výhradně (exclusively) · de einzig und allein (exclusively) · fr seulement (exclusively) · it esclusivamente (exclusively) · de allein (exclusively) · it solamente (exclusively) · de alleinig (exclusively) · fr uniquement (exclusively) · cs pouze (exclusively) · ru исключи́тельно (exclusively)