Usually means: Exclusively, solely; no one else.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word only:

General (30 matching dictionaries)
  1. only: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. only: Merriam-Webster
  3. only: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. only: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. only, the only: Collins English Dictionary
  6. only: Vocabulary.com
  7. ONly, Only, Only, only, only, only: Wordnik
  8. only: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. only: Wiktionary
  10. only: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. only: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. only: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Only, only: Dictionary.com
  14. only: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. only: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Only (Anthrax song), Only (Nicki Minaj song), Only (Nine Inch Nails), Only (Nine Inch Nails song), Only (album), Only (film), Only, The Only: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Only: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. only: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. only: Rhymezone
  20. only: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. only: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Only: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  23. Only: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  24. Only: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  25. only: FreeDictionary.org
  26. only: Mnemonic Dictionary
  27. only: TheFreeDictionary.com
  28. only: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Only (song), only: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. only: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. ONLY: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Only, only: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Alone in a category.
adjective:  Singularly superior; the best.
adjective:  Without sibling; without a sibling of the same gender.
adjective:  (obsolete) Mere.
adverb:  Without others or anything further; exclusively.
adverb:  No more than; just.
adverb:  As recently as.
adverb:  Emphasizing something that is just or necessary.
adverb:  (British) Used to express surprise or consternation at an action.
adverb:  Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.
adverb:  (obsolete) Above all others; particularly.
noun:  An only child.

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