Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ON-LY, adv.

1. Singly; merely; barely; in one manner or for one purpose alone. I propose my thoughts only as conjecture. – Burnet. And to be loved himself, needs only to be known. – Dryden.
2. This and no other wise. Every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. – Gen. vi.
3. Singly; without more; as, only begotten.