# solely

Pronunciation: say "SOHL-lee" US /ˈsoʊl.li/, UK /ˈsəʊl.li/

## Adverb

1. Only and nothing more; without the involvement of anyone or anything else.
   - Simple: Only one thing and nothing more, with no other person or thing involved.
   - _The committee based its decision solely on the financial data it received._
   - _His early reputation rested solely on a single acclaimed novel._

## Origin

From Middle English soly (also sooly, soolly), formed from sole combined with the suffix -ly.

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