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Click here if you Hate scroll, Show all | Too long, show scroll[adv] without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "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"
[adv] with nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round"
[adv] in the final outcome; "These news will only make you more upset"
[adv] as recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago"
[adv] except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came out better"
[adv] never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"
[adjective] exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only"
\On"ly\, adv. [See {Only}, a.] 1. In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely. And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. --Dryden. 2. So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly. ``She being only wicked.'' --Beau. & Fl. Every imagination . . . of his heart was only evil. --Gen. vi. 5. 3. Singly; without more; as, only-begotten. 4. Above all others; particularly. [Obs.] His most only elected mistress. --Marston.
\On"ly\, conj. Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration. He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only that his low, flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that he belonged to the city. --Sir W. Scott.
Synonyms for only
alone, alone(p), but, entirely, exclusive, exclusively, just, merely, only if, only when, simply, solely
Related terms: at the most, at the outside, celibate, contrariwise, detectably, entirely, exclusive, impair, incomparable, lone, moderately, odd, partly, simply and solely, single, singular, sole, solely, thus far, unanalyzably, unpaired, unparalleled
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Let's analyse "only" as pure text. This string has Four letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLNO. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
only: 6 = 6, reduced: 6 (or 4 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is Six. |
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