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English word

only

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈəʊnli/US /ˈəʊnli/
adjective

used to say that no other or others of the same group exist or are there

adverb

nobody or nothing except

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And um, I thought it was one of those things that only came along once in a very long while.

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