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- Dictionarysole·ly/ˈsō(l)lē/
adverb
- 1. not involving anyone or anything else; only: "he is solely responsible for any debts the company may incur"
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The meaning of SOLELY is to the exclusion of all else. How to use solely in a sentence.
only and not involving anyone or anything else: I bought it solely for that purpose. It seems he's not solely to blame for the accident. The product's success cannot be attributable solely to the ads. Synonyms. exclusively. only. Fewer examples. It's solely for your use. The screening is carried out solely for the benefit of the individual.
If something involves solely one thing or one person, it involves only this thing or this one person and no others. Too often we make decisions based solely upon what we see in the magazines. She insisted that she was solely responsible for what had happened.
only and not involving anyone or anything else: I bought it solely for that purpose. It seems he's not solely to blame for the accident. The product's success cannot be attributable solely to the ads. Synonyms. exclusively. only. Fewer examples. It's solely for your use. The screening is carried out solely for the benefit of the individual.
Solely definition: as the only one or ones. See examples of SOLELY used in a sentence.
Solely comes from the Latin sola, the feminine form of "alone," and if you know other Romance languages, you'll recognize it in, for instance, Italian solo, or Spanish solamente and French seulement. In English, a solo is a song you sing alone.
Definition of solely adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
