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adverb
1 there was only enough for two:
at most, at best, (only) just, no/not more than, as little as;
no longer ago than, not until;
barely, scarcely, hardly, narrowly, by a hair's breadth, by the skin of one's teeth.
2 he only works on one picture at a time:
exclusively, solely, entirely, uniquely, wholly, to the exclusion of everything else.
3 you're only saying that:
merely, simply, just, purely.
adjective
he is their only son:
sole, single, one (and only), solitary, lone, unique, only possible, individual, exclusive.
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