how to pronounce solely

/ˈsoʊəliː/

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the above transcription of solely is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

solely is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of solely in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… that was not solely focused on math you …”

meanings of solely

adverb:

Alone; exclusively.

solely frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word solely occurs in english on average 13.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics solely can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that solely can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;