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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

solely

/ˈsoʊl.li/

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What does solely mean?

adverb

  1. Alone; exclusively.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsoʊl.li/

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In this attitude they proceeded on their journey, trusting solely to the dim light afforded of Henchard’s whereabouts by the furmity woman.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
Then Dr. Johnson blandly assured us that education was needed solely for the embellishments of life, and was useless for ordinary vermin.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
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A journal is a metaphysical being, for which no one is really responsible, and which owes its existence solely to mutual concessions.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
Then Dr. Johnson blandly assured us that education was needful solely for the embellishments of life, and was useless for ordinary vermin.
W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du BoisThe Souls of Black FolkProject Gutenberg ebook #408
But were we to regard the Jacobin Terror solely as the result of a religious movement, we should not completely apprehend it.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448