• adjective:   exclusive of anyone or anything else

  Example: "I'll have this car and this car only"

• adverb:   with nevertheless the final result

  Example: "He arrived only to find his wife dead"

• adverb:   in the final outcome

  Example: "These news will only make you more upset"

• adverb:   as recently as

  Example: "I spoke to him only an hour ago"

• adverb:   except that

  Example: "Only this time she came out better"

• adverb:   never except when

  Example: "Call me only if your cold gets worse"

• adverb:   and nothing more

  Example: "He was only a child"

• adverb:   without any others being included or involved

  Example: "A privilege granted only to him"

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