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adverb
1.
And nothing more.  Synonyms: but, just, merely, simply.  "It is simply a matter of time" , "Just a scratch" , "He was only a child" , "Hopes that last but a moment"
2.
Without any others being included or involved.  Synonyms: alone, entirely, exclusively, solely.  "A school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children" , "He works for Mr. Smith exclusively" , "Did it solely for money" , "The burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone" , "A privilege granted only to him"
3.
With nevertheless the final result.  "We won only to lose again in the next round"
4.
In the final outcome.
5.
Except that.
6.
Never except when.  Synonyms: only if, only when.
7.
As recently as.
adjective
1.
Being the only one; single and isolated from others.  Synonyms: lone, lonesome, sole, solitary.  "A lonesome pine" , "An only child" , "The sole heir" , "The sole example" , "A solitary instance of cowardice" , "A solitary speck in the sky"
2.
Exclusive of anyone or anything else.  Synonym: alone.  "Cannot live by bread alone" , "I'll have this car and this car only"



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... affected me. 'My dear lady,' said I, and I hope she did not take offence at the warmth of my expression, 'I don't see how anything can happen; but I promise you, on the word of a sea-soldier, that if danger should come upon us, I will save not only your father, but yourself and your ...
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... "Only a cottontail hustling through the brush. Whoever's coming will strike the bluff on the other side," he said. "Night's kind of wild; pity it won't rain. Crops on light ...
— Ranching for Sylvia • Harold Bindloss
... can stand only a certain amount of this sort of thing. I don't wish to call any man a fool, but you act remarkably ...
— In the Midst of Alarms • Robert Barr
... suburb of Auld Reekie. Sometimes he was a fisherman, but he was always and everywhere a determined hunter, and that was nothing remarkable for a son of Caledonia, who had known some little climbing among the Highland mountains. He was cited as a wonderful shot with the rifle, since not only could he split a bullet on a knife-blade, but he could divide it into two such equal parts that, upon weighing them, scarcely ...
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