simply betydelse and definition

Betydelse av simply på svenska

• 0 completely or as much as possible:

  • You look simply (= really) beautiful in that dress.

  • The hunger in parts of Africa is terrible - there's (quite) simply (= without doubt) no other word for it.

  • I don't like my job - I simply do it for the money.

• 1 in an easy way:

  • He explained it as simply as he could, but the class still didn't understand.

• 2 in a plain way:

  • a simply decorated apartment

• 3 just; only:

  • I simply don’t trust him.

  • We simply go to camp, set it up, and spend the weekend.

  • They voted not simply for him and his party, but against Boris Yeltsin.

  • That simply isn’t so!

• 4 in a way that is easy to understand or do:

  • To put it simply, we won’t pay until we’ve received the goods we ordered.

• 5 in a direct way, without using a lot of words:

  • Bowman said simply that "everything was OK."

• 6 in a plain way, without unnecessary things or decorations:

  • He lived in a simply furnished apartment.

  • She lived simply, alone with her cat and her books.