solely
advUK /ˈsəʊl.li/ · US /ˈsoʊl.li/
Etymology From Middle English soly, sooly, soolly, equivalent to sole + -ly.
1
Alone; exclusively.
- The new chef was solely responsible for attending the grill.
- This week, officials closed all evacuation centers but two on Staten Island. Now they plan to rely solely on hotels, even as they brace for a new wave of people displaced from storm-damaged housing where they are facing winter without heat or hot water.2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2023:
- Related terms
- completely, sole, solitarily