Alone
Alone adverb - For nothing other than.
Usage example: would willingly play professional baseball for the sheer enjoyment alone
Simply
Simply adverb - For nothing other than.
Usage example: uninterested in food, she eats simply to keep alive
Alone is a synonym for simply in property topic. You can use "Alone" instead an adverb "Simply", if it concerns topics such as just, solely, exclusively.
Nearby Words: simple, simplistic
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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The similarities between them owe simply to the fact that Hugh and Rudy both worked on Disney's silent cartoons before going it alone.
Source: Creator / Harman and Ising - The series eventually got a stand-alone sequel for the arcade exclusively in Japan, simply titled Salamander 2, in 1996.
Source: Sequel Number Snarl - It's hard to find a Star Trek fan who hates TNG for simply not being TOS, but if you dare suggest something not G1 is something other than garbage, let alone better, well... it won't be pretty.
Source: First Installment Wins
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