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Common
adv
•
Without others
or anything
further;
exclusively
.
•
No more
than; just.
•
As
recently
as.
•
In British English:
Used to
express
surprise
or
consternation
at an
action
.
•
Introduces
a
disappointing
or
surprising
outcome
that
renders
futile
something
previously
mentioned
.
•
Above all
others;
particularly
.
adj
•
Alone in a
category
.
•
Singularly
superior
; the best.
•
Without
sibling
; without a
sibling
of the same
gender
.
•
Mere
.
conj
•
Under the
condition
that; but.
•
But; except.
noun
•
An
only child
.
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merely
unequaled
onely
onlie
nonpareil
solely
peerless
lone
Related
just
first
mostly
always
hardly
already
still
never
even
also
best
foremost
all
most
really
last
request
id
some
many
po
subscription
invoice
ticket
surest
same
or
the
biggest
either
card
final
doesn't
such
ultimate
it
the one
the same
for all
the few
so far
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English
ænlic
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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