solely
Solely is another word for "only" or "entirely": Your new puppy is solely your responsibility — you have to feed it, walk it, and take care of it all by yourself.
Solely comes from the Latin sola, the feminine form of "alone," and if you know other Romance languages, you'll recognize it in, for instance, Italian solo, or Spanish solamente and French seulement. In English, a solo is a song you sing alone.
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without any others being included or involved“did it solely for money”synonyms: alone, entirely, exclusively, only
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Vocabulary lists containing solely
Although known more for his novel that humanized animals, George Orwell reflects in an essay about the time when he had to, as a police officer in Burma, shoot a runaway elephant. The author presents this incident with humor, while also emphasizing his hatred of his role in the British Empire. Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 12 Unit 1's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: My Papa's Waltz, in just-, The Last Word, Mushrooms, I Remember, Invisible Man, Four Skinny Trees, Dirty Work, On Seeing England for the First Time, Speaking with Hands, The White Man's Burden, The Poor Man's Burden, Shooting an Elephant, Lindo Jong: Double Face, Stranger in the Village
Vocabulary from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."
