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Only

adverb

1.

And nothing more. Synonyms: but, just, merely, simply. "It is simply a matter of time" , "Just a scratch" , "He was only a child" , "Hopes that last but a moment"

2.

Without any others being included or involved. Synonyms: alone, entirely, exclusively, solely. "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"

3.

With nevertheless the final result. "We won only to lose again in the next round"

4.

In the final outcome.

5.

Except that.

6.

Never except when. Synonyms: only if, only when.

7.

As recently as.

adjective

1.

Being the only one; single and isolated from others. Synonyms: lone, lonesome, sole, solitary. "A lonesome pine" , "An only child" , "The sole heir" , "The sole example" , "A solitary instance of cowardice" , "A solitary speck in the sky"

2.

Exclusive of anyone or anything else. Synonym: alone. "Cannot live by bread alone" , "I'll have this car and this car only"

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... speech which everybody knew to have sealed the fate of the party in power, but the great Jew statesman rose up imperturbable and audacious to the last "There is, sir," he said in that veiled voice of his which sounded as if it were struggling through dense fog and could indeed only have been made audible throughout the chamber by a trained master in elocution—"there is in war a manoeuvre which is well known. First the cavalry advance creating dust and waving sabres, then a rattle of musketry is heard along the line, and next the big guns are ...

— Recollections • David Christie Murray

... occupying this high place in our country may have some influence in staying the spirit and deeds of violence now so rife, and that they who are so ready to resort to the rifle and revolver may learn to regard them only as the instruments of the coward ...

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... accompanies neglect of domestic obligations and duties; it was this that constituted that dreadful degeneracy which preceded the coming of the Messiah. The parents were alienated from the children, and the children from their parents. And the only way in which the Jews could avert deserved and impending ruin, was by "turning the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children ...

— The Christian Home • Samuel Philips

... was a secret, and negociations were then in progress, for the disclosure of it to the public between the French government and the distinguished discoverer. M. Daguerre had shown his results to the king, and to a few only of the distinguished savans, and by the advice of M. Arago, had determined to wait the action of the French Chambers, before showing them to any other persons. I was exceedingly desirous of seeing them, but knew ...

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