LekhoriLekhoriWithout others or anything further; exclusively.
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
Introduces a clause with negative polarity, often one which upsets the listener's expectations.
You're welcome to borrow my bicycle, only please take care of it.
Placed at the end of a sentence to emphasize that something is trivial, small, undemanding or deserving of belittlement.
Just need to replace the filter only.
From Middle English oonly, only, from Old English ānlīċ, ǣnlīċ (“only; singular; solitary”), from Proto-Germanic *ainalīkaz. Cognate with obsolete Dutch eenlijk, German ähnlich (“similar”), Old Norse ...
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No more than; just.
To DAD who only reared twelve children and To MOTHER who reared twelve only children
As recently as.
c. 1924-1955, anonymous, The Urantia Book Only yesterday did I feed you with bread for your bodies; today I offer you the bread of life for your hungry souls.