only
on
ˈoʊn
own
ly
li
li
/ˈəʊnli/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "only"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ

with anyone or anything else excluded
only definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I play with toys only at home.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϖ⧇āϞāύāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻŋāĨ¤
02

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ

with no additional elements or implications
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She wanted only a simple wedding ceremony.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ

used to indicate that despite previous efforts or events, the final outcome is inevitable or contrary
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She followed the recipe exactly, only for the cake to come out undercooked.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϕ⧇āĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧāϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
04

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ

used to introduce a restriction, exception, or limitation to what has been stated
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The day was perfect, only it rained in the evening.
āĻĻāĻŋāύāϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϖ⧁āρāϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ

used to indicate that something is leading to a negative outcome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Eating junk food every day will only make you sick.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϜāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻĢ⧁āĻĄ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϏ⧁āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āϏāĻĻā§āϝ

used to convey that a short time has passed since the event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She moved to the city only last week and is still getting settled.
āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻŦāϏāϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧀

without another thing or person existing in the same category
only definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The only book on the shelf was a worn-out copy of her favorite novel.
āĻļ⧇āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ⧇ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻœā§€āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋāĨ¤
02

āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻ…āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ

unrivaled and singular in excellence or quality, leaving no room for competition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He insists that his team is the only one and no other will do.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻœā§‹āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύāĻ“āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ

referring to one among a very limited number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He is one of the only doctors in the region specializing in this rare condition.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϞ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϜāύāĨ¤
LanGeek
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