solely
Americanadverb
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as the only one or ones.
solely responsible.
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exclusively or only.
plants found solely in the tropics.
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merely.
She wanted solely to get out of the house for a while.
adverb
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only; completely; entirely
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without another or others; singly; alone
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for one thing only
Etymology
Origin of solely
Example Sentences
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The Fed, however, doesn’t operate solely on the chairman’s prerogative.
According to Benoist, companies will need to generate income from their bitcoin holdings -- such as through financial products -- rather than relying solely on rising prices.
From Barron's
After that, she would have to rely solely on $830 a month in benefits from her ex-husband, who died of a heart attack in 2020.
Irish State papers now reveal the UK government "were given to believe" the raid had been organised by Mr Storey and was too complex to have been solely "a brigade job".
From BBC
"Our hopes depend solely on God because we are now starting over... our lives are starting anew," he said.
From Barron's
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