What is another word for solely?

Pronunciation: [sˈə͡ʊlli] (IPA)

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What are the opposite words for solely?

Solely means exclusively or only, and its antonyms reflect the various ways multiple elements can be present or involved. One antonym is collectively, meaning jointly or in a group. Another is jointly or collaboratively, meaning working together or sharing responsibility. Additionally, mutually means shared or affecting each other, while together and with others both suggest a simultaneous or communal effort. In contrast, individually, separately, or independently suggest single or distinct efforts, while also-lacking, partially, and partly suggest an incomplete, disparate, or insufficient situation. Finally, uncertainly or doubtfully suggest uncertainty or lack of conviction, while sporadically implies brief, scattered or random occurrences.

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Usage examples for Solely

This lamp, in the light of which you rejoiced, was lit solely for the purpose of making quite visible to you that which you now say you cannot see.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Many islands, beginning at the Lofodens and reaching to the extreme end of the peninsula, are solely occupied by them as breeding places.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
My position, of course, was solely owing to the Claybournes.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford

Famous quotes with Solely

  • But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.
    Lascelles Abercrombie
  • Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.
    Christina Aguilera
  • In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth.
    Roland Allen
  • When a system is considered in two different states, the difference in volume or in any other property, between the two states, depends solely upon those states themselves and not upon the manner in which the system may pass from one state to the other.
    Rudolf Arnheim
  • The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
    Irving Babbitt

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