only
adjective / adverb
What it means
- adjective exclusive of anyone or anything else “she alone believed him”
- adverb with nevertheless the final result “He arrived only to find his wife dead”
- adverb in the final outcome “These news will only make you more upset”
- adverb as recently as “I spoke to him only an hour ago”
- adverb except that “It was the same story; only this time she came out better”
- adverb never except when “call me only if your cold gets worse”
- adverb and nothing more “I was merely asking”
- adverb without any others being included or involved “was entirely to blame”