ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Onely

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Onely is an adverb meaning Obsolete spelling of only.

Meaning

Obsolete spelling of only.

Example Sentences

on his right The radiant image of his Glory ſat, His onely Son;
Before the Sea and Lande were made,and Heauen that all doth hide, In all the worlde one onely face of nature did abide,
In which him chaunced false Duessa meete, Mine onely foe, mine onely deadly dread; Who with her witchcraft and misseeming sweete, Inveigled him to follow her desires unmeete.
All flesh is grasse, is not onely metaphorically, but literally true, for all those creatures we behold, are but the hearbs of the field, digested into flesh in them, or more remotely carnified in our selves.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sonne, meane, meanes, selfe, thinke, feare.

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