Solely

adjective

1. Unquestionably the best peerless

   "is convinced that his team is the only one"

2. Alone in a class or category sole

   "the only one left"

3. Having no brother or sister

   "an only child"

4. Few

   "one of the only areas not yet explored"

adverb

1. As a single fact or instance and nothing more or different merely

   "has only lost one election"

2. Solely, exclusively

   "known only to him"

3. At the very least

   "it was only too true"

4. In the final outcome

   "will only make you sick"

5. With nevertheless the final result

   "won the battles, only to lose the war"

6. As recently as not before

   "only last week"

7. In the immediate past

   "only just talked to her"

conjunction

1. With the restriction that but

   "you may go, only come back early"

2. And yet however

   "they look very nice, only we can't use them"

3. Were it not that except

   "I'd introduce you to her, only you'd win her"

noun

1. A person who never had a brother or sister

idiom

1. The right thing

   "It's only fair to tell him the truth."

idiom

1. To feel love only for (someone)

   "He only has eyes for you."

idiom

1. Normal or reasonable

   "It's only natural (that) you would feel that way."

idiom

1. The right thing under the circumstances

   "Since they helped him, it's only right that he should help them too."

idiom

1. To do the opposite of what one is trying to do to achieve an undesired result

   "I tried to apologize but only succeeded in making her angrier."

idiom

1. Very or completely

   "He knew only too well what it meant to go to war."