only

Significat (English)

Adj

1. Alone in a category.
2. Singularly superior; the best.
3. Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
4. (obsolete) Mere.

Adv

1. Without others or anything further; exclusively.
2. No more than; just.
3. As recently as.
4. Emphasizing something that is just or necessary.
5. Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
6. Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
7. (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.

Conj

1. (informal) Under the condition that; but.
2. But; except.

Noun

An only child.

Synonyms

just

merely

alone

solely

sole

exclusively

single

simply

but

mere

solitary

unique

one

nothing but

except

still

entirely

purely

lone

no more than

barely

lonely

individual

since

exclusive

in all

however

only one

simple

really

surely

lonesome

ticket

🎫

about

absolutely

altogether

approximately

bill

bounds

calm

common

empty

end

🔚

even

exactly

exceptionally

isolated

limits

list

nevertheless

odd

odd number

only if

only when

period

plain

scarcely

singular

then

all

uniquely

unless

usual

very

yet

not more than

place to leave off

closing sentence

all there is

no more and no less

certainly

miserable

mitigative

a

a

newly

by oneself

none but

not before

bare

nothing else

nothing more

not until

only then

single handed

once for all

at most

one by one

small quantity

only that

that’s all

or

paltry

particular

particularly

peerless

perhaps

just because

piece

just keeps

provided that

at all

quite

radical

asymmetric

reclusive

right

root

same

only for

self

as

around

apart

any more

singly

particle of affirmation

anymore

any longer

an

specially

specifically

almost

stump

actually

themselves

1

emphatic modifier

totally

trivial

unaccompanied

unequal

uninhabited

above

no reason

single person

unpaired

there’s only

only now

widow

widower

without

one only

for all that

for nothing

free of charge

freshly

hardly

herself

form

in

foot

🦶

incomparable

exact

involved

just enough

itself

everywhere

limit

just that

Juste

little

enough

each

completely

longer

matchless

check

Amb guionet com a

on‧ly

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈəʊn.li/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: oonly

Inherited from anglès antic: ānlīċ

Cognate with neerlandès: eenlijk

Cognate with alemany: ähnlich

Cognate with nòrdic antic: álíkr

Cognate with suec: enlig

In summary

From Middle English oonly, onli, onlych, onelich, anely, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“like; similar; equal”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz, 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.

Frases

Drink like a fish , water only .

These two are the only remaining works from him today .

He was the only American to rule from within the National Palace .

Only when he , himself , reveals it .

The town is still only accessible by dirt roads .

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else .

His only wicket of the match was that of Mark Taylor .

Perusing the woods in the night , she could only rely on her instincts .