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Rodsman

Part of Speech: noun

One who carries and holds a leveling staff, or rod, in a surveying party.

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Part of Speech: Noun

Results: 9

            1.                                           One                                                         alone;                                                         single;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           only                                                         man                                                         present;                                                         his                                                           only                                                         occupation.                                    

            2.                                           Alone                                                         in                                                         its                                                         class;                                                         by                                                         itself;                                                         not                                                         associated                                                         with                                                           others                                                         of                                                         the                                                         same                                                         class                                                         or                                                         kind;                                                         as,                                                         an                                                           only                                                         child.                                    

            3.                                           Hence,                                                           figuratively:                                                         Alone,                                                         by                                                         reason                                                         of                                                           superiority;                                                           preeminent;                                                         chief.                                    

            4.                                           In                                                         one                                                         manner                                                         or                                                         degree;                                                         for                                                         one                                                         purpose                                                         alone;                                                         simply;                                                         merely;                                                         barely.                                    

            5.                                             So                                                         and                                                           no                                                         otherwise;                                                           no                                                         other                                                         than;                                                           exclusively;                                                           solely;                                                         wholly.                                    

            6.                                           Singly;                                                         without                                                         more;                                                         as,                                                           only-                                                        begotten.                                    

            7.                                           Above                                                         all                                                           others;                                                         particularly.                                    
Part of Speech: conjunction

            1.                                           Save                                                         or                                                         except (                                                        that); -                                                         an                                                         adversative                                                         used                                                         elliptically                                                         with                                                         or                                                         without                                                         that,                                                         and                                                           properly                                                         introducing                                                           a                                                         single                                                         fact                                                         or                                                           consideration.                                    
Part of Speech: preposition

            1.                                           Except.

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Examples of usage:

To- day you are my only child. - "The Hated Son", Honore de Balzac.
And not only he. - "The Way of the Gods", John Luther Long.
If she only were beautiful! - "The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne", Frank Preston Stearns.

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