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a. ஒரே, ஒன்றுமட்டுமான, ஒரே ஒரு, ஒரே ஒன்றான, தன்மையான, (வினையடை) மட்டும், தான், ஒரு வழியாக, எனினும், ஆயினும், விதிவிலக்காக.

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On"ly, a. Etym: [OE. only, anly, onlich, AS. anlic, i.e., onelike. See One, and Like, a.] 1. One alone; single; as, the only man present; his only occupation. 2. Alone in its class; by itself; not associated with others of the same class or kind; as, an only child. 3. Hence, figuratively: Alone, by reason of superiority; preëminent; chief. "Motley's the only wear." Shak. On"ly, adv. Etym: [See Only, a.] 1. In one manner or degree; for one purpose alone; simply; merely; barely. And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. Dryden. 2. So and no otherwise; no other than; exclusively; solely; wholly. "She being only wicked." Beau. & Fl. Every imagination . . . of his heart was only evil. Gen. vi. 5. 3. Singly; without more; as, only-begotten. 4. Above all others; particularly. [Obs.] His most only elected mistress. Marston. On"ly, conj. Defn: Save or except (that); -- an adversative used elliptically with or without that, and properly introducing a single fact or consideration. He might have seemed some secretary or clerk . . . only that his low, flat, unadorned cap . . . indicated that he belonged to the city. Sir W. Scott.