How to Use solely in a Sentence

solely

adverb

• She did not write solely for money.
• His rank was based solely on merit.
• You will be held solely responsible for any damage.
• The researchers stress that these results are solely linked to dogs in the U.K.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2024
• Most things like this these days are solely about the latter.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2024
• The Michigan statement described the virus in the new case solely as an H5 virus.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 30 May 2024
• This is not a ski town that relies solely on greasy-spoon joints and pub fare.
  — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
• Charlotte breaks the fourth wall solely at the start of our journey and then never again.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• The news that Biden is no longer running means that the issue of age may now fall solely on 78-year-old Trump.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024
• Judging solely by the video, all is well in Petty-ville.
  — Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 13 June 2024
• Boys and men are proudly singing the lyrics written solely by a female artist.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
• What drove me to plow through all this was the basic idea behind the series which is: to tell a story based solely on the facts.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• What’s different here, of course, is that the coalition is solely within the GOP.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• Unlike the bank, the program based its support solely on the size of the Whites’ cabinetry contract.
  — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
• The cask strength version (aged solely in new wood) launched here first in 2020, and has proven to be a favorite among critics and consumers.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2022
• But as any John Wick fan could tell you, the appeal of John Wick has never been solely about its leading man.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2023
• But Biden's choice to call out Youngkin isn't solely due to his broad absentee voting push for the statewide election.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• The principal argument against the plan was that boosting state taxes solely on the wealthy would prompt them to flee the state.
  — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
• Those types of mandates happen solely at the state and local levels.
  — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 17 Nov. 2023
• This 'flat average' is based solely on polls from the last 28 days for national and state polls.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
• Less than one-third of respondents, 29%, said the debate should solely be between Biden and Trump.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024
• At the time, Dom had just started his first tour and was solely focused on his music career.
  — Shirley Halperin, Variety, 21 Oct. 2022
• The United States cannot afford to look at Russia solely through the European prism.
  — Thomas Graham, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2023
• In her first on-camera interviews, Casey placed the blame solely on her father, George.
  — Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
• Yet the boycott isn’t solely responsible for the drop-off.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Jan. 2023
• These days, most people solely take photos on smartphones and rarely print them.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 22 Dec. 2022
• Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney get side-by-side for second — and Blaney surges past him to solely take second place!
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2024
• That is to say, there could be an in, a tiny crack in the door, to let bipartisanship in solely, at first, in the name of making the place more governable.
  — Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Judging solely by viewer response, this may end up being that which has so famously eluded Shannon: her first good season.
  — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
• But Jones’ influence and work expanded far beyond solely working with music artists.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024