A.singly, in one way, “μένειν ἁ. ἐν τῇ αὑτοῦ μορφῇ” Pl.R.381c, etc.; ἁ. λέγεσθαι in one sense, opp. πολλαχῶς, Arist.Top.158b10; ἁ. λεγόμενα, opp. συμπλεκόμενα, Id.Metaph.1014a19, cf. Ph.195b15; opp. κατ᾽ ἀλλήλων λέγεσθαι, without distinction of subject and predicate, Metaph.1041b1; ἐσθλοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἁ. παντοδαπῶς δὲ κακοί Poët. ap. EN1106b35, etc.
II. simply, plainly, “ἀλλ᾽ ἁ. φράσον” A.Supp.464; “ἁ. τι φράζουσ᾽” Id.Ch.121; “ἁ. εἰπεῖν” Isoc.4.154; “λαλεῖν” Anaxil.22.23.
b. openly, frankly, Isoc.3.52, X.HG4.1.37; in good faith, D.18.308, etc.: in bad sense, ἁ. ἔχειν to be a simpleton, Isoc.4.16.
c. in its natural state, uncooked, of food, Jul.Or.6.192b.
2. simply, absolutely, “ἁ. ἀδύνατον” Th.3.45; τῶν νεῶν κατέδυ οὐδεμία ἁ. no ship was absolutely sunk (though some were disabled), Id.7.34; “ἁ. οὐδὲ ἕν . . συνίημι” Philem.123; ὅσ᾽ ἐστὶν ἀγαθὰ . . ἁ. simply all the good things there are, Ar.Ach.873; “ἔδωκ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν ὑμῖν ἁ.” D. 18.179; ἁ. absolutely, opp. κατά τι (relatively), Arist.Top.115b12; opp. πρός τι, APr.41a5; opp. πρὸς ἡμᾶς, APo.72a3; opp. τιϝί, Top. 116a21; ἁ. βαρύ, κοῦφον, μαλακόν, etc., Cael.311a17,27, Mete.386b32, al.; τὸ ἁ. καλόν, τὸ ἁ. ἀγαθόν, etc., EN1136b22, 1134b4, al.; opp. ὁτιοῦν (in some particular), Pol.1301a29; strengthd. “ἁ. οὕτως” Pl. Grg.468c, D.21.99; τὴν ἁ. δίκην absolute, strict justice, opp. τοὐπιεικές and χάρις, S.Fr.770; “ἡ τελεία καὶ ἁ. κακία” Arist.EN1138a33; τὸ ἁ. the absolute, Dam.Pr.5: Comp. “ἁπλούστερον” Is.4.2; “-τερως” Str.6.2.4: Sup. “ἁπλούστατα” Pl.Lg.921b.
4. generally, opp. σαφέστερον, Arist.Pol.1341b39, al.; ὡς ἁ. εἰπεῖν ib. 1285a31, EN1115a8, al.; “ἁ. δηλῶσαι” Hell.Oxy.11.4; “τὸν ἀκριβῶς ἐπιστάμενον λέγειν ἁ. οὐκ ἂν δυνάμενον εἰπεῖν” Isoc.4.11, cf. Demetr.Eloc.100,243: in bad sense, loosely, superficially, “λίαν ἁ.” Arist.Metaph.987a21, GA756b17, al.; οὐχ ἁ. φέρειν not lightly, E.IA899.
5. foolishly, Plu.2.72b.