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inly
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English inly, from Old English inl?c (“inner, inward”), equivalent to in +? -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??nli/
Adjective
inly (comparative more inly, superlative most inly)
- (obsolete) Inward; interior; secret.
Etymology 2
From Middle English inly, inliche, from Old English inl??e (“inwardly”), equivalent to in +? -ly.
Adverb
inly (comparative more inly, superlative most inly)
- (now rare) Inwardly, within; internally; secretly.
- 1738, Paul Gerhard, "Thou Hidden Love of God," translated by John Wesley, in The Wesleyan Methodist Hymn Book, London, 1869, p.325, [1]
- Thou hidden love of God, whose height, / Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows; I see from far they beauteous light, / Inly I sigh for thy repose:
- 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Vol. II, Chapter XXXV, [2]
- His heart inly relented,—there was a conflict,—but sin got the victory, and he set all the force of his rough nature against the conviction of his conscience.
- 1852, Matthew Arnold, "Human Life" in The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867, Oxford University Press, 1909, lines 1-6 [3]
- What mortal, when he saw, / Life's voyage done, his heavenly Friend, / Could ever yet dare tell him fearlessly: / 'I have kept uninfring'd my nature's law; / The inly-written chart thou gavest me / To guide me, I have steer'd by to the end'?
- 1909, Thomas Hardy, "The Flirt's Tragedy" in Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses, London: Macmillan & Co., 1928, [4]
- Thus tempted, the lust to avenge me / Germed inly and grew.
- 1914, Rabindranath Tagore, The King of the Dark Chamber, New York: Macmillan, p. 132, [5]
- A mighty forest inly smokes and smoulders before it bursts into a conflagration:
- 1738, Paul Gerhard, "Thou Hidden Love of God," translated by John Wesley, in The Wesleyan Methodist Hymn Book, London, 1869, p.325, [1]
- (obsolete) Heartily, completely, fully, thoroughly; extremely.
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- lyin'
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only
English
Alternative forms
- onely (obsolete)
- onlie (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ?nl??, ?nl?? (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainal?kaz, equivalent to one +? -ly. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse álíkr, Swedish enlig (“unified”). Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???n.li/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???n.l?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o?n.li/
- Hyphenation: on?ly
Adjective
only (not comparable)
- Alone in a category.
- Singularly superior; the best.
- Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
- 1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
- To DAD ¶ who only reared twelve children ¶ and ¶ To MOTHER ¶ who reared twelve only children
- 1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
- (obsolete) Mere.
Synonyms
- (alone in a category): sole, lone; see also Thesaurus:sole
- (singularly superior): peerless, unequaled, nonpareil
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
only (not comparable)
- Without others or anything further; exclusively.
- No more than; just.
- 1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
- To DAD
- who only reared twelve children
- and
- To MOTHER
- who reared twelve only children
- 1949, Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Cheaper by the Dozen, dedication:
- As recently as.
- c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book
- Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.
- c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book
- (Britain) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
- She's only gone and run off with the milkman!
- Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
- They rallied from a three-goal deficit only to lose in the final two minutes of play.
- I helped him out only for him to betray me.
- (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
- 1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn
- his most only elected mistress
- 1604, John Marston, Parasitaster, or The Fawn
Synonyms
- (without others): See also Thesaurus:solely
- (no more than): See also Thesaurus:merely
- (as recently as):
- (above all others):
Derived terms
- if and only if
- only if
- if only
- only to
Translations
Conjunction
only
- (informal) Under the condition that; but.
- You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it.
- But; except.
- She would get good results only she gets nervous.
- 1664 April 22, The Diary of Samuel Pepys:
- […] and pleasant it was, only for the dust.
- 1931, Dorothy L Sayers, The Five Red Herrings chapter 24:
- […] oot of a' six suspects there's not one that's been proved to ha' been nigh the place where the corpse was found, only Mr Graham.
Related terms
- if only
Translations
Noun
only (plural onlys or onlies)
- An only child.
- 2013, Sybil L. Hart, Maria Legerstee, Handbook of Jealousy
- The consistent finding […] that infants who are onlies do not differ from those who have siblings despite their lesser history of exposure to differential treatment is perplexing.
- 2013, Sybil L. Hart, Maria Legerstee, Handbook of Jealousy
Translations
References
- only at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Lyon, lyon, noyl, ynol
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