Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Simply \Sim"ply\, adv.
   1. In a simple manner or state; considered in or by itself;
      without addition; along; merely; solely; barely.

            [They] make that now good or evil, . . . which
            otherwise of itself were not simply the one or the
            other.                                --Hooker.

            Simply the thing I am Shall make me live. --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

simply
     adv 1: and nothing more; "I was merely asking"; "it is simply a
            matter of time"; "just a scratch"; "he was only a
            child"; "hopes that last but a moment" [syn: {merely},
             {just}, {only}, {but}]
     2: absolutely; altogether; really; "we are simply broke"
     3: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment;
        "she was dressed plainly"; "they lived very simply" [syn:
        {plainly}]
     4: absolutely; "I just can't take it anymore"; "he was just
        grand as Romeo"; "it's simply beautiful!" [syn: {just}]