About The Word “Only”

Everything you wanted to know about the word “only”, including spelling, parts of speech, “only” meaning and origins, anagrams, rhyming words, encodings, crossword clues and much more!

How to spell “only”

Only is spelled o-n-l-y and has 4 letters.


How to pronounce “only”

IPA pronunciation: /ˈoʊnli/

Phonetic pronunciation: OH-nlee


How many vowels and consonants in “only”

The word “only” has 3 consonants and 1 vowels.


How many syllables in “only”?

There are 2 syllables in the word “only”.


What type of word is “only”?

The word "only" can be a adjective, adverb, conjunction and noun.

Meaning of the word “only”

The word 'only' is an adverb or adjective used to emphasize that there is just one or very few of something, or that there are no others beyond what is mentioned.

Origin of the word “only”

The word 'only' has its origins in the Old English word 'ānlīc,' which is a combination of 'ān' meaning one, and '-līc' meaning like or similar. Its etymological roots can be traced back to Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European languages.

Example sentences with the word “only”

Adverb:
  1. Only Sarah knew the answer to the riddle, leaving everyone else puzzled.
  2. The rare bird can be found only in the dense forests of the Amazon.
Adjective:
  1. She was the only person in the room who had traveled to Antarctica.
  2. The only requirement for joining the club is a passion for reading.

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Synonyms for “only”

Other words for “only” include solely, merely, simply, exclusively, just, purely.

Common misspellings of “only”

Unly

Similar words to “only”

Fondly, lonely, ony, openly, ironly, nonly, onlepy, ovenly

Scrambled words derived from “only”

Onyl, ynlo, noly, lyon, lyno, ynol, yonl, olny, lnoy, ylon, noyl, lnyo, nyol, ylno, loyn, lony, nylo, oyln, oynl, yoln

Words that rhyme with “only”

Lonely, stony, bony, phony, crony, coney, Tony

Crossword clues for “only”

Lone star's exclusive performance (4).

Anagrams of “only”

Lyon, loyn

Fun facts about the word “only”

The word “only” has a Scrabble score of 7 and reads ylno in reverse.


Phonetic spelling of “only”

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The phonetic alphabet, specifically the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), is a system of notation for the sounds of languages created by linguists. Unlike conventional written alphabets, which vary across languages and can have inconsistent mappings of symbols to sounds, the IPA is designed to provide a consistent and universally understood means of transcribing the sounds of any spoken language.

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“only” spelled in Morse code

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Morse code is a method used in telecommunication to encode text characters as sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. It was developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for their new invention, the telegraph, which required a simple way to transmit text messages across long distances.

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ASCII spelling of “only”

Lowercase word: 111 110 108 121

Uppercase word: 79 78 76 89

ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard used by computers and electronic devices to understand and represent text.

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Binary spelling of “only”

Lowercase word: 1101111 1101110 1101100 1111001

Uppercase word: 1001111 1001110 1001100 1011001

Binary encoding is a system that computers and digital devices use to represent and process information. It's based on binary numbers, which are composed only of zeros and ones, known as bits.

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Hexadecimal value of “only”

Lowercase hexadecimal word: 0x6F 0x6E 0x6C 0x79

Uppercase hexadecimal word: 0x4F 0x4E 0x4C 0x59

Hexadecimal is a number system commonly used in computing as a human-friendly way of representing binary data. Unlike the decimal system, which is base 10 and uses digits from 0 to 9, the hexadecimal system is base 16, using digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F to represent the values 10 to 15.

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Decimal spelling of “only”

Lowercase: 111 110 108 121

Upprcase: 79 78 76 89

The decimal system, also known as base-10, is the numerical system most commonly used by people in everyday life. It's called "base-10" because it uses ten digits: 0 through 9. Each position in a decimal number represents a power of 10.

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Octal value of “only”

Lowercase: 157 156 154 171

Upprcase: 117 116 114 131

Octal is a base-8 number system used in digital computing. Unlike the decimal system which uses ten digits (0-9), and the binary system which uses two (0 and 1), the octal system uses eight digits: 0 through 7. Each position in an octal number represents a power of 8.

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