Only

Adjective

 * 1) Alone in a category.
 * He is the only doctor for miles.
 * The only people in the stadium were the fans: no players, coaches, or officials.
 * 1) Singularly superior; the best.
 * He is the only trombonist to recruit.
 * 1) Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
 * He is their only son, in fact, an only child
 * 1)  Mere.
 * 2) *1603, John Florio, trans. Michel de Montaigne, Essays, I.40:
 * I know some who wittingly have drawne both profit and preferment from cuckoldrie, the only name whereof is so yrksome and bail-ful to so many men.

Synonyms

 * sole, lone
 * peerless, unequaled, nonpareil

Derived terms

 * if any
 * if only
 * one and only
 * only child
 * only if

Adverb

 * 1) without others or anything further; exclusively
 * my heart is hers, and hers only
 * 1) no more than; just
 * if there were only one more ticket!
 * 1) as recently as
 * he left only moments ago

Derived terms

 * if and only if
 * only if

Conjunction

 * 1) Under the condition that; but.
 * 2) However.
 * I would enjoy running, only I have this broken leg
 * 1) But for the fact that; except.

Thesaurus
absolute, after a fashion, alone, appreciably, at any rate, at best, at least, at most, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at worst, azygous, barely, but, celibate, companionless, comparatively, contrariwise, detectably, entirely, exclusive, exclusively, fairly, first and last, however, impair, in a manner, in a way, in part, in some measure, incomparable, incompletely, inimitable, integrally, irreducibly, just, leastwise, lone, matchless, merely, mildly, moderately, modestly, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, odd, on the contrary, one, one and only, only-begotten, part, partially, particular, partly, peerless, plainly, pro tanto, purely, relatively, separate, simply, simply and solely, single, singly, singular, so far, sole, solely, solitary, solo, somewhat, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, tolerably, totally, transcendent, unaccompanied, unanalyzably, unattended, undividedly, unequaled, unexampled, unique, unmatched, unpaired, unparagoned, unparalleled, unrepeatable, unrepeated, unrivaled, visibly, wholly, yet

Etymology
ænlic:, from ; corresponding to one: + -ly:/-like:. Cognate with enlig:, and obsolete  eenlijk:.

Adjective

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: únic
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 唯一
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, nura
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, seul
 * Middle French:
 * Georgian: ერთადერთი (ert‘adert‘i)
 * German:
 * Greek: μοναδικός (monadikós), μοναδική (monadikí) , μοναδικό (monadikó) , μόνος (mónos) , μόνη (móni) , μόνο (móno)
 * Hebrew: יחיד
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: nura
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 唯一
 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ته‌نها


 * Latin:
 * Malayalam: മാത്രം (maathram)
 * Marathi: फ़क्त (fakta)
 * Nahuatl: ça, çan
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Santali:
 * Slovak: jediny
 * Slovene: edin
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: ஒரே (ore)
 * Telugu: ఏకైక, ఒకే, ఒక్కగానొక్క
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: єдиний


 * Catalan: únic
 * Finnish:
 * French: unique
 * Finnish:
 * French: unique
 * French: unique


 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan: únic
 * Finnish:


 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,

Adverb

 * Arabic: فقط
 * Catalan: només, sols, solament, únicament
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 只有, 惟獨, 惟独
 * : alleen
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ne...que, seulement, uniquement
 * Middle French:
 * German: nur
 * Greek: μόνο
 * Greek: μόνο


 * Hindi: सिर्फ़, ही
 * Interlingua: solmente
 * Japanese: だけ
 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian: فقط
 * Polish: tylko
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish:, yalnızca, bir tek
 * Urdu: صرف


 * Arabic: فقط
 * Catalan: només, sols, solament, únicament
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 只有
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: maar slechts
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: que, seulement
 * German: nur
 * Greek: μόνο
 * Hindi: सिर्फ़


 * Japanese: だけ, しか
 * Persian: فقط
 * Polish: tylko
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:, yalnızca
 * Urdu: صرف
 * Volapük: te


 * Catalan: només, sols, solament, únicament
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, всего
 * Turkish:, yalnızca


 * : 只有 (zhǐyǒu), 唯一的 (wéiyī de), 仅有的 (jǐnyǒu de)
 * : ainult, üksnes
 * : nur
 * : ただひとつ (tada hitotsu), 唯一の (ゆいいつの, yuiitsu no), ...だけ (...dake)
 * : (krōən dtai)
 * : ainult, üksnes
 * : nur
 * : ただひとつ (tada hitotsu), 唯一の (ゆいいつの, yuiitsu no), ...だけ (...dake)
 * : (krōən dtai)
 * : nur
 * : ただひとつ (tada hitotsu), 唯一の (ゆいいつの, yuiitsu no), ...だけ (...dake)
 * : (krōən dtai)
 * : ただひとつ (tada hitotsu), 唯一の (ゆいいつの, yuiitsu no), ...だけ (...dake)
 * : (krōən dtai)
 * : (krōən dtai)


 * : 유일한 (yuilhan)
 * Sorani: هه‌ر
 * : ганц
 * Bokmål:, , utelukkende
 * Nynorsk:, ,
 * : (hamin)
 * : (eng),  (kâe née)
 * : тільки (til’ky)
 * Nynorsk:, ,
 * : (hamin)
 * : (eng),  (kâe née)
 * : тільки (til’ky)
 * : (eng),  (kâe née)
 * : тільки (til’ky)
 * : (eng),  (kâe née)
 * : тільки (til’ky)
 * : тільки (til’ky)

Conjunction

 * Finnish:, sillä ehdolla, että
 * Greek: αλλά


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * French: mais


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: только вот,, однако


 * Finnish:, paitsi että
 * French: sauf que


 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: за исключением того, что


 * : però
 * : jenže
 * : ainult
 * : მაგრამ არამედ (magram aramed)
 * : მაგრამ არამედ (magram aramed)


 * :, bare at
 * :, bare at
 * :, bare at

Related terms

 * if only

Anagrams

 * Lyon
 * ynol